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Meaning of working class in English
working-class
adjective
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/ˌwɝː.kɪŋˈklæs/ uk
/ˌwɜː.kɪŋˈklɑːs/ He was born to Irish immigrants and grew up in a working-class neighborhood.
working class | Intermediate English
the working class | Business English
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Most of our voters come from working-class backgrounds.
a working-class area
a working-class family
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Examples of working class
working class
We're seeing more of the working class become homeless.
As the ties that bind them to others have unraveled, the working class has become an ever lonelier crowd.
From The Atlantic
At that same time cities began building municipal courses in public parks where the working class could play.
From The Atlantic
The working class don't like having their livelihoods stripped from them by both establishment conservatives and elitist liberals.
From Voice of America
What's more, it does not debunk the idea that services to the working class can be stimulative.
From Washington Post
It was a land-grant college, designed to give members of the working class a practical education.
From Dallas Morning News
I also think working-class people concerned with survival, feeding themselves, clothing themselves, didn't have the luxury of trying to figure it out.
From NPR
Isolated working-class young men, with few institutions in their lives, are the least politically involved.
From The Atlantic
For now, the working-class area is home to modest older houses and apartments.
From Los Angeles Times
It sits under a modern eight-story building in a working-class neighborhood.
From CNN
The phrase "getting above your raising" is little more than anxious working-class border patrolling.
From The Atlantic
It is strange to think that my working-class family could be of interest to other people.
From NBCNews.com
The combination meant that many working-class white families could afford to move out of the housing projects and buy their own homes.
From The Atlantic
But for many working-class parents, especially those with on-call or non-traditional schedules, today's homework load can be impossible to manage.
From The Atlantic
The area was known for its double- and triple-deckers where generations of working-class families lived together.
From USA TODAY
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労働者階級の, 労働者階級, 労働者階級（ろうどうしゃかいきゅう）の…
işçi sınıfı, emekçi sınıfı…
ouvrier/-ière, classe ouvrière…
arbeidersklasse…
dělnická třída…
arbejderklasse…
kelas pekerja…
ชนชั้นกรรมาชีพ…
giai cấp công nhân…
klasa robotnicza…
arbetarklass…
golongan pekerja…
die Arbeiterklasse…
arbeiderklasse-, arbeiderklasse…
робочий клас…
рабочий класс…
