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grey-collar

grey-collar is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of grey-collar

comparativemore grey-collar
superlativemost grey-collar

Questions about grey-collar

What is grey-collar the alternative spelling of?
Grey-collar is the alternative spelling of gray-collar.

Words near grey-collar in the dictionary

  1. grey-box testing
  2. grey-capped greenfinch
  3. grey-capped greenfinches
  4. grey-chested babbler
  5. grey-chested babblers
  6. grey-collar
  7. grey-haired
  8. grey-headed
  9. grey-headed bunting
  10. grey-headed chickadee
  11. grey-headed chickadees

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