working-class UK US adjective [before noun] ECONOMICS
► belonging or relating to the social group that consists of people who usually do physical work, and usually do not have much money or a very high level of education: »
Most of our voters come from working-class backgrounds.
»a working-class area
»a working-class family
→ Compare LOWER-CLASS(Cf. ↑lower-class), MIDDLE-CLASS(Cf. ↑middle-class), UPPER-CLASS(Cf. ↑upper-class)
Financial and business terms. 2012.