working-class

Of or pertaining to the working class; suggestive of the working class in manner of speaking, outlook, appearance, or other qualities.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the working class; suggestive of the working class in manner of speaking, outlook, appearance, or other qualities.
    • There is one obvious sense in which working-class politics has declined in the last twenty years or so: the proportion of working-class people involved at various levels of party politics has dropped. - 1971, Barry...
    • Jean-Baptiste ordered herb soup, potatoes, and cheese along with two glasses of beer — a typical working-class lunch, he said to Aimee with a smile. - 1986, Theresa Conway, A Passion for Glory, page 78:
    • It was a very working-class crowd on the Kop, mainly dockers and the like. - 2001, Stephen Hopkins, Cathy Long, John Williams, Passing Rhythms: Liverpool FC and the Transformation of Football, page 27:

Forms

more working-class most working-class

Synonyms

blue-collar