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working-class

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working class
n.
The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.
working-class (wûrkng-kls) adj.
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Adj.1.working-classworking-class - of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
propertyless, wage-earning, blue-collar
low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
2.working-class - working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"
wage-earning
blue-collar - of or designating manual industrial work or workers
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working-class [ˈwəːkɪŋˈklɑːs] work adj [+ family, town] → Arbeiter-


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