working-class

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
working-class
    adj 1: of those who work for wages especially manual or
           industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless
           proletariat"- G.B.Shaw [syn: {propertyless}, {wage-
           earning}, {working-class}, {blue-collar}]
    2: working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual)
       salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well
       as industrial labor" [syn: {wage-earning}, {working-class}]