the aggregate of occupations not requiring manual labour (and its associated clothing conventions: see blue-collar), which, at least for most of the twentieth century, implied superior working conditions.
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adjective of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; `the coal miner`s son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974