blue-collar

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From blue + collar. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 藍領 /蓝领 (lánlǐng) — working class
• Finnish: sinikaulus- — working class
• Finnish: työväen — working class
• Finnish: työläis- — working class
• Georgian: ლურჯსაყელოიანი (lurǯsaq̇eloiani) — working class
• German: Arbeiterklasse — working class
• Indonesian: kerah biru — working class
• Irish: bóna gorm — working class
• Japanese: ブルーカラー (burū karā) — working class
• Korean: 블루칼라 (beullukalla) — working class
• Polish: z klasy robotniczej — working class
• Russian: «си́ний воротничо́к» — working class
• Uyghur: كۆك ياقىلىق (kök yaqiliq) — working class
• Welsh: coler las — working class
• Chinese Mandarin: 藍領 /蓝领 (lánlǐng) — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Finnish: sinikaulus- — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Finnish: työväen — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Finnish: työläis- — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Indonesian: kerah biru — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Irish: bóna gorm — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Polish: robotniczy — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Russian: рабо́чий (rabóčij) — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers
• Welsh: coler las — pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers