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Meanings of working-class in English

Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers.

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Usage of working-class in English
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Many working-class political movements of this period demonstrated far greater political insight.
The Guardian
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But in almost every case, the victims were either working-class or nonwhite.
The Democracy Project
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Critics of gentrification romanticise working-class poverty, goes the main line of argument.
The Guardian
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The plan, he said, was aimed to bolster working-class and middle-class families.
Reuters
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Some middle-class families do not speak Inglish, while some working-class families do.
Reuters
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Such comments are helping to boost Sata's working-class support in mining communities.
Reuters
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Barr, though far from working-class, was firmly planted in the first camp.
The Guardian
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Politics was his lifeblood, shaped by his birthplace: tough, working-class Catholic Belfast.
The Guardian
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Unite has been warning about working-class alienation from politics all this century.
The Guardian
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People signing up on websites for clinical trials are often working-class people.
Wired
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The neighborhood was made up of predominately Italian and Irish working-class families.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
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Remains the working-class to see what it can do with the opportunity.
Revolution, and Other Essays
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Bureaucrats wouldn't put up with what his adoring working-class patients would accept.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
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Fifteen British army vehicles pull into Legahory, a working-class area of Craigavon.
The Irish Times
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Writer says there will be a working-class majority until the next century.
The new yorker
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So we were working-class, but we never wanted for food or clothing.
The Guardian