Black-collar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Black-collar is an adjective meaning Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
Meaning
Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
More Meanings
- (slang) Relating to creative work.
- (rare) Relating to the clergy.
- (rare) Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.
Example Sentences
black-collar worker
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.
In Helsinki, the inner-city workers' housing which was once uniformly red, now occupied by ‘black-collar’ workers—creative industry types who wear a T-shirt to work—votes solidly green.
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.
Synonyms for black-collar
Depending on context, synonyms include cleric, clerical, pastoral.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include black-market, hourly, countercommercial, cambial, secondhand, blue-sky.
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