working-class family
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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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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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Youthful femininity was fundamentally shaped by the demands of the labour market upon theworking-classfamily.
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In contrast, a school teacher from aworking-classfamilybackground offered a narrative which challenges the archetypal representation of female social aspiration.
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This is an important study of theworking-classfamilyover approximately two centuries which it is good to see now available in paperback.
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Second, as the process of organisation created a relatively more secure enclave of employment approaching a 'family wage',working-classfamilystrategy changed.
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In the retrospective interview, he explained that he came from aworking-classfamily, and that in his youth academic education was unattainable for economic reasons.
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To aworking-classfamilywhich has had to struggle to bring up that boy, it is a lamentable position.
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For aworking-classfamily, that is pie in the sky; there is no way that they could raise that sort of money.
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Since these installations cost upwards of £500, that represents a hefty sum for an ordinaryworking-classfamilyto find in these difficult times.
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It could easily happen in aworking-classfamilythat she wanted to buy a small shop.
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It is possible to get a house for aworking-classfamilyfor about £430.
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It is in this context that one sees the true perspective of value added tax and what it means to the ordinaryworking-classfamily.
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By and large, it is theworking-classfamilywith children.
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I know only too well what it means to aworking-classfamilywhen children have to be kept at school until 16 years of age.
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This test is having a very bad effect indeed uponworking-classfamilylife.
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