blue-collaredadj.
/ˌbluːˈkɒləd/, U.S. /ˈbluˈˌkɑlərd/ 1.
a. Esp. of a bird: having a band of blue on or around the neck.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part
red-breasted1609
white-breasted1625
yellow-bellied1674
strawberry-breasted1688
white-fronted1729
blue-backed1752
blue-bellied1753
black-bellied1764
red-backed1766
black-fronted1771
red-fronted1781
blue-collared1788
rose-breasted1801
1788 J. F. Gmelin Linnaeus' Syst. Naturæ (ed. 13) I. i. 324 Blue collared Parrot.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXVIII. at Psittacus Blue-collared Parrot. Green; collar blue.
1877 Trans. Zool. Soc. 9 134 The Doctor's meaning is probably that the blue-collared bird is the male of the necklaced form.
1998 T. Juniper & M. Parr Parrots 309/2 Blue-collared Parrots commonly make long flights above the canopy of montane forest.
2000 A. Brown Ill-starred Captains (2004) vi. 110 Lesueur..bringing back a dozen or so birds, including several species of parrot and a blue-collared tomtit.
b. Of a garment, now typically worn at work: having a blue collar.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific colour
subfusc1820
blue-collared1837
thunder and lightning1837
subfusc1853
Lovat1895
nude1922
1837 Scenes in Spain i. 3 In the blue-collared shirts, duck trowsers, and low tarpaulin hats of the stout crew that manned it, I recognized a boat from the American frigate.
1913 F. C. Putnam Diary 26 Mar. in Mem. (1916) 247 Our team looked so well in their blue bloomers, blue-collared jumpers, and scarlet ties and hair ribbons.
1996 C. E. Nippert-Eng Home & Work 132 Marvin switches into and out of his blue-collared coveralls each workday.
2011 J. R. Schermerhorn Exploring Managem. (ed. 3) xiv. 341/2 Don't expect to spot a stereotyped corporate CEO in Jeff Bezos. His standard office attire is still blue jeans and a blue-collared shirt.
2. Originally U.S. Of a place: inhabited by blue-collar workers. More usually: (of a person) that is a blue-collar worker. Cf. blue-collar adj. 2 Opposed to white-collared adj. 3.In quot. 1951: (apparently) middle-class; = white-collared adj. 3.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [adjective]
workingOE
labouring1377
manuala1450
mechanicc1550
mechanical1584
manuary1652
blue-collar1929
blue-collared1951
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of
workmanlike1663
blue-collared1951
1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 317/1 Figueroa, a blue-collared, clerical environs.
1959 V. Packard Status Seekers (1960) ii. 25 The recent great gain of white-collared workers over blue-collared ones.
1977 Arab Times 13 Dec. 6/4 The white, red necked, blue collared worker is more interested in better wages, lower taxes,..than justice in the Middle East.
2011 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 18 July a1 It's the right music for our blue-collared town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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