working-class household
collocation in Englishmeaningsofworking-classandhousehold
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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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household
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/us/ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
a group of people, often a family, who ...
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(Definition ofworking-classandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The standard of living of the averageworking-classhouseholdtoday is not going up.
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A good deal has been said about theworking-classhousehold.
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There is scarcely a household in the country—certainly, scarcely aworking-classhousehold—which does not need some of these articles frequently.
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It has produced an averageworking-classhouseholdwhich is completely fantastic.
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Potatoes and fresh vegetables would be consumed in far larger quantities by aworking-classhouseholdif only they were less expensive.
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Then, by keeping the tax of 2¾ d. on, instead of aworking-classhouseholdbeing able to get two or three lbs.
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The first part of the rule deals with what may be called the well-to-doworking-classhousehold.
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In the averageworking-classhouseholdthe greatest disaster that can happen short of losing the breadwinner is the sickness that comes into the house.
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But the circumstances of the averageworking-classhouseholdare very different from that.
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This means that the amenities of leisure and means of enjoyment are surely part of the modest ambition of the averageworking-classhousehold.
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I am frequently moved by the modest demands which the averageworking-classhouseholdmakes upon the resources and wealth of this country.
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Therefore, proportionately, the cost of bread is greater to aworking-classhouseholdthan to a family in any other class.
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We want future citizens for carrying on the race, and aworking-classhouseholdusually has three, four or more children.
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Why not cover every item that comes into the ordinaryworking-classhousehold?
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The rolling pin is one of the essential domestic items in the ordinaryworking-classhousehold.
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The normal consumption of sugar in aworking-classhouseholdis about 4 lbs.
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I hope in that case the arrangements will include arrangements to deal with shortages of supply to the ordinary trader for the ordinaryworking-classhousehold.
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I view this matter from the ordinary mechanics of theworking-classhousehold.
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He will also say that the rise in price, if any, will be so small as to make little difference to theworking-classhousehold.
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I would single out foodstuffs, because the greater proportion of the expenditure in aworking-classhouseholdis on food or on rent.
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