Why are, depending on the company, blue-collar workers better paid than white-collar ones?
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Blue-collar
Synonyms for "blue-collar" (4 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (2)
Adjective(2 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 藍領 /蓝领 adj (working class)
- 藍領 /蓝领 adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Finnish
4 entries- sinikaulus adj (working class)
- sinikaulus adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
- työläis adj (working class)
- työläis adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Georgian
1 entries- ლურჯსაყელოიანი adj (working class)
German
1 entries- Arbeiterklasse adj (working class)
Indonesian
2 entries- kerah biru adj (working class)
- kerah biru adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Irish
2 entries- bóna gorm adj (working class)
- bóna gorm adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Japanese
1 entries- ブルーカラー adj (working class)
Korean
1 entries- 블루칼라 adj (working class)
Polish
2 entries- robotniczy adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
- z klasy robotniczej adj (working class)
Russian
2 entries- «си́ний воротничо́к» adj (working class)
- рабо́чий adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Uyghur
1 entries- كۆك ياقىلىق adj (working class)
Welsh
2 entries- coler las adj (working class)
- coler las adj (pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Sami grew up in a blue-collar suburb.
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Tom has a blue-collar job.
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White-collar jobs usually pay more than blue-collar ones.
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