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gray collar

gray collar is the alternative form of gray-collar.

Meaning of gray-collar

Adjective

gray-collar (comparative more gray-collar, superlative most gray-collar)

  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...1963, R. Robb Taylor, editor, University and community; proceedings of a conference, April 25-26, 1963, under the auspices of the Association of Urban Universities and the Johnson Foundation, page 58

Questions about gray collar

What is gray collar the alternative form of?
Gray collar is the alternative form of gray-collar.

Words near gray collar in the dictionary

  1. gray catbirds
  2. gray ceiling
  3. gray cells
  4. Gray code
  5. Gray codes
  6. gray collar
  7. gray commissure
  8. gray commissures
  9. Gray County
  10. gray cuscus
  11. gray cuscuses

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