Open-collar

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet. idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

    "The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore patterns of home work and piece work."

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"The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore patterns of home work and piece work."

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