black-collar
Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
Why can't we pass a law whereby every white/blue/black-collar worker with children pay into a fund about P20.00 a week from his pay.
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#2·Apr 26, 2026
(slang) Relating to creative work.
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#3·Apr 26, 2026
(rare) Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.
Rewards necessarily drop for the former — not only because their numbers increase relatively but also because their output per man-hour does not rise as rapidly as that of the black-collar worker.
Origin: From black market and -collar. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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