black-collar
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to employment in the black market; that is, to engagement in illicit trade or distribution of untaxed goods and services.
adj
Relating to coalminers and oil workers.
Example Sentences
- "Rewards necessarily drop for the former — not only because their numbers increase relatively but also because their output per man-hour does not rise as rapidly as that of the black-collar worker."
- "What attitudes, types of ideas and particular experiences would lead a "blue collar worker" to perceive the evidence of the defendant's guilt differently than a white, pink or black collar worker?"
- "Why can't we pass a law whereby every white/blue/black-collar worker with children pay into a fund about P20.00 a week from his pay."
- "black-collar worker"
- "In Helsinki, the inner-city workers' housing which was once uniformly red, now occupied by ‘black-collar’ workers—creative industry types who wear a T-shirt to work—votes solidly green."
- "Even if you add to this the 4200 jobs created each year by the energy-efficiency measures for which the Rudd government claims credit, it is completely negated by the ‘black-collar’ jobs being added as Queensland and New South Wales expand coal exports."
Etymology
From black market and -collar.
Usage
Phrases
black market
Not to be confused with black-coated
Frequently Paired Words
black market
Not to be confused with black-coated