new-collar

[ noo-kol-er, nyoo ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or designating middle-class wage earners holding jobs in a service industry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of new-collar¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

He wore a fine new collar with a monogram on it which I could not decipher.

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"Well, you are a lovely thing," said McCarthy, when the new collar and the selected necktie had transformed Stover.

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And a gelatin-box that had just been emptied, would it not be nice to pack his new collar in?

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Confidences were exchanged, and every one was as tickled as a cur with a new collar.

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I gave Mr. Buxton what consolation I could, after which he took his departure to put on a new collar.

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