Gray-collar
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to working-class professions that do not involve significant manual labor, such as skilled technical professions, combining elements of blue-collar and white-collar.
"But if you look at the employment trends in the country, you find that the white-collar (and gray-collar) activities have become increasingly important..."
Example
More examples"But if you look at the employment trends in the country, you find that the white-collar (and gray-collar) activities have become increasingly important..."
Etymology
From gray and collar by extension of white-collar and blue-collar, perhaps with gray being seen as intermediate between white and blue.
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