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Definition of white-collar
white-collar
- adj., refined, smooth, suave; having the quality of sophistication and grace. Derives from the business-world expression white collar, executive level businessmen (whose shirts typically have white collars appropriate for suits).
The way you asked her for a date was white-collar.
Last edited on Jan 31 2003. Submitted by Rich V. from Tucson, AZ, USA on Jan 31 2003.
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Other terms relating to 'collar': | |
| Definitions include: crime against a criminal who is in the act of breaking the law. | |
| Definitions include: pertaining to unskilled or manual labor. | |
| Definitions include: a job requiring unskilled or manual labor. | |
| Definitions include: an arrest. | |
| Definitions include: to become hot under the collar (i.e. angry.) | |
| Definitions include: pertaining to jobs between the unskilled/manual labor of blue-collar and the office labor of white-collar. | |
| Definitions include: pertaining to environmentally-friendly jobs. | |
| Definitions include: angry. | |
| Definitions include: non-violent crime committed usually in business circumstances, e.g. fraud and insider trading. | |
| Definitions include: an office job. | |
Other terms relating to 'white': | |
| Definitions include: a toilet. | |
| Definitions include: police. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: a intelligent, sophisticated person who comes from a poor or middle class family. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "married white female". | |
| Definitions include: "married white male". | |
| Definitions include: teeth. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "poor white trash". | |
| Definitions include: to frequently use an illegal white powder stimulant (e.g. cocaine, crystal methamphetamines, crank, etc.) | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "single white female". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "single white male". | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: penis. | |
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