Working-class - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌwɜːkɪŋˈklɑːs|  American pronunciation of the word working-class
Brit.  |ˌwɜːkɪŋˈklɑːs|  British pronunciation of the word working-class

adjective

- of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers (syn: blue-collar)
- working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor

Extra examples

Marx wrote about the political struggles of the working class.

He is proud of his working class background.

His anarchic, renegade spirit attracted those working-class boys.

These photographs capture the essence of working-class life at the turn of the century.

The second survey was concerned with working-class culture more generally.

She came from a good, honest, working-class background.

He paints a very romantic image of working-class communities.

He felt scorn for his working-class parents.

...a simple East End caff that serves fish-and-chips and the like to a largely working-class clientele...

...in his portrayal the actor emphasizes the working-class hunk's fundamental animality...

...a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin...

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