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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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 July 2024
The only child of Italian immigrants, Bardella was brought up in Seine-Saint-Denis, a working-class suburb of Paris.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 July 2024
Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
For example, a report from the think tank Tax Foundation argued that imposing new tariffs may actually harm working class Americans and risk hitting international trade.
—Maya Homan, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024
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Adjective
The teen drama has been airing since 2018 and revolves around the relationships among three working-class students enrolled at the elite school through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 July 2024
The only child of Italian immigrants, Bardella was brought up in Seine-Saint-Denis, a working-class suburb of Paris.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 July 2024
Noun
That social mobility—families moving out of the working classes and into the bourgeois middle class, with its different aspirations and expectations—fuelled a new cultural experimentation.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
For example, a report from the think tank Tax Foundation argued that imposing new tariffs may actually harm working class Americans and risk hitting international trade.
—Maya Homan, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working-class. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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