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Definition of blue-collar

blue-collar

adjective

  • pertaining to unskilled or manual labor.
                                             

                        

                                                                             

    Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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