work·ing-class
ˈwər-kiŋ-ˈklas 
: of, relating to, deriving from, or suitable to the class of wage earners
working-class virtues
a working-class family
: the class of people who work for wages usually at manual labor
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Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Everybody Still Hates Chris will feature Rock as Adult Chris, narrating stories inspired by his experience growing up as a skinny nerd in a large working-class family in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, during the late 1980s.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
By almost every measure — prevalence of illness, chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes, access to quality health care and average life expectancy — working class, Black and Brown communities like mine suffer from a deep and pervasive health equity gap.
—Zellnor Myrie, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024
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Adjective
Swastikas and racial slurs were found painted on the sides of multiple vehicles in a working-class and largely Black and Latino east Phoenix neighborhood on Wednesday, Juneteenth, witnesses say.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Everybody Still Hates Chris will feature Rock as Adult Chris, narrating stories inspired by his experience growing up as a skinny nerd in a large working-class family in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, during the late 1980s.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 June 2024
Noun
The absence of leadership that can take the working class into political power is one of the big conundrums of the last century.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
By almost every measure — prevalence of illness, chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes, access to quality health care and average life expectancy — working class, Black and Brown communities like mine suffer from a deep and pervasive health equity gap.
—Zellnor Myrie, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working-class. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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