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backbone of American society, the hard-working folk who keep the country running.
blue collar: "we cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."
by big3l April 19, 2007
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Someone who works in a small shop, factory, construction site, plant, or travels for contract work. Could be unskilled heavy manual labor. Like throwing a shovel. Skilled heavy manual labor, like hot tar roofing. Unskilled widget assembly line work, or skilled custom heavy manufacturing, or any support roles for these things. Wages range from disgustingly low to disgustingly high. Normally a blue collar worker's worth is directly related to what and how obscure his skills are. How in demand his skills are. And how unpleasant and dirty the work is that these workskills need applied. An electrician gets paid a lot more than a landscaper.
"Bill is a blue collar guy. He never went to college, but can work metal like a goddamn artist. His job pays him pretty well for it. But he comes home nasty every day."
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Blue collar does NOT simply refer to working class people. Blue collar workers are working class people whose jobs consist of MANUAL labor.

A white collar worker may also be a member of the working class. In some cases white collar workers make less money than blue collar workers.
Construction laborers are blue collar workers.
by bumbleclot May 14, 2009
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Of or relating to wage earners, especially as a class, whose jobs are performed in work clothes and often involve manual labor.
Have you seen Jeff Foxworthy's "The Blue Collar Comedy Tour"? It is hilarious! I nearly wet my pants laughing so hard!
by illEATurHARTout April 06, 2004
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Making wages above $7.00 an hour and below $250,000 a year. Considered anyone of lower and middle class.
A humble person who makes a modest living.
After Joe hit the lotto, he still maintained a blue collar attitude.
by Mr. Dwayne October 18, 2004
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