work·ing-class
ˈwər-kiŋ-ˈklas 
: of, relating to, deriving from, or suitable to the class of wage earners
working-class virtues
a working-class family
: the class of people who work for wages usually at manual labor
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Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024
But over the course of the show’s three seasons, Rob transforms from a debaucherous party boy desperate to shed his working-class roots into an empathetic young man questioning his role in the Pierpoint system.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
The result is a book laden with put-downs of the English working class, who are cast in eugenicist terms as a degenerate race.
—Lennard J. Davis, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Harris will almost certainly win the labor vote, but what will really matter is Trump's ability to cut into her margins with appeals to working-class voters on issues like immigration and trade.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2024
But over the course of the show’s three seasons, Rob transforms from a debaucherous party boy desperate to shed his working-class roots into an empathetic young man questioning his role in the Pierpoint system.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
Noun
Popular on Variety The film shows the growing polarization in Turkish society between wealthy investors with smart cars and a very poor working class.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
The result is a book laden with put-downs of the English working class, who are cast in eugenicist terms as a degenerate race.
—Lennard J. Davis, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working-class. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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