blue-collar

/blˈuːkˈɒlə/

/blˈuːkˈɑːlɚ/

blue-collar

relating to or characteristic of manual labor or industrial work, typically involving jobs that require physical skills or labor

of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

Examples

1. She paid lip service to blue-collar workers, but she did nothing to help them.

2. Blue-collar jobs were lost.

3. I donít have a blue-collar job.

4. - Please welcome my blue-collar panelist, Michael Moore.