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Idiom BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
Definition a person who earns a living doing manual labor, or generally uses his or her body rather than his or her mind to earn a living
Examples
  1. Sam works on an assembly line mass-producing clock radios. He’s a blue-collar worker.
  2. People who work in factories doing heavy labor are usually blue-collar workers.
Cross-Refs

Antonym: white-collar worker

Extra Info

The expression originates from the color of the shirt generally worn by factory workers while on the job.

Category People: descriptions of people (nouns)

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