white-collar

white-collar

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Definition

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.

Etymology

From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.

Example Sentences

  • "This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either."
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