white-collar
ˌwhite-ˈcollar [white-collar] BrE NAmE adjective usually before noun
working in an office, rather than in a factory, etc; connected with work in offices
•white-collar workers
•a white-collar job
•white-collar crime (= in which office workers steal from their company, etc.)
compare ↑blue-collar, ↑pink-collar
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