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working-class

wor·kingc·lass

uncommon

adjective

1.

of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

  • “party of the propertyless proletariat” G.B.Shaw
2.

working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries

  • “working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor”
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noun

1.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

  • “there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”

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