working-class culture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofworking-classandculture
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working-class
adjective
uk/ˌwɜː.kɪŋˈklɑːs/us/ˌwɝː.kɪŋˈklæs/
belonging to a social group that consists of people who earn less than other groups, often being paid only for the hours or days that they work, and who usually do physical work rather than work for which you need an ...
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culture
noun
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofworking-classandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This analysis contributes to the understanding ofworking-classcultureand labour history in company towns.
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Much of the distinctiveness ofworking-classculturehas been displaced by universal television and by car and home ownership.
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While the music hall was part of theworking-classcultureof the time, for the audience it also presented social documentary elements within the songs.
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Aworking-classculturepreviously centered around the home, the church, and the work-site now quite clearly found its focal point in the neighborhood beer house.
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As a result, he became interested inworking-classculture, designing pieces not just for the concert-hall, but for factory spaces and similar venues.
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Working-classculturehad not been neutralized.
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I have never believed that they understandworking-classculture.
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It is a form ofworking-classculturewhich draws people together.
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She contends that aworking-classcultureof unity broke down ethnic divisions and animosities and made possible widescale industrial unionization.
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