| working class n. The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families. work  ing-class (wûrk ng-kl s) adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. |  working-class - of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shawlow-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" blue-collar - of or designating manual industrial work or workers |
Translations
working-class [ˈwɜːkɪŋklɑːs] ADJ [person, family] → de clase obrera, de clase trabajadora; [neighbourhood] → obrero
a self-educated man from a working-class background → un autodidacta de familia de clase obrera or trabajadora
to be working-class → ser de clase obrera or trabajadora
see also working
a self-educated man from a working-class background → un autodidacta de familia de clase obrera or trabajadora
to be working-class → ser de clase obrera or trabajadora
see also working
working-class [ˌwɜːkɪŋˈklɑːs] adj to be working-class → appartenere alla classe operaia
to come from a working-class background → venire da una famiglia di operai
to come from a working-class background → venire da una famiglia di operai
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