Synonyms for white-collar


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˈkɒl ər, ˈwaɪt-


Définition of white-collar

  • adj non-manual
Example sentences :
  • It was an office building for clerks and timekeepers and other white-collar workers.
  • Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
  • But the white-collar ranks were teeming, overflowing, supersaturated.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • I couldn't have been a lawyer or a clerk or a white-collar worker.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Warship » by Robert Moore Williams
  • I suppose Mr. Callahan is wondering what sort of workmen to get next, since his white-collar class has left, apparently.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Jockey Hollow » by Cleo Garis
  • The girl emerging from high school and looking for work is usually on the lookout for what in a boy we call a "white-collar job."
  • Extract from : « Vocational Guidance for Girls » by Marguerite Stockman Dickson
  • He regarded it as a device of the exploiting classes to teach submission to their white-collar slaves.
  • Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair
  • "It's an old stunt," said Dawson, unbending a little from his suspicion of "white-collar" meddling in labor troubles.
  • Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood
  • Bright specks that were commute ships, little eggs that carried businessmen and white-collar workers around.
  • Extract from : « The Variable Man » by Philip K. Dick
  • In industry, the proportion of women in blue-collar and white-collar jobs was about equal.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • It included all the white-collar workers, professionals, and army officers.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

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