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working class
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working class
(noun)
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working class
noun
working class
noun
Learner's definition of WORKING CLASS
the working class
also British
the working classes
:
the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful
—
compare
lower class
,
middle class
,
underclass
,
upper class
— working–class
adjective
,
always used before a noun
working-class
virtues
a
working-class
family
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