white-collar(adj.)
在1911年, 或许是1909年, 源自 white (形容词)和 collar (名词)。
The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men. We call them the 'white collar men' in order to distinguish them from the men who work with uniform and overalls and carry the dinner pails. The boys over on the West side got that name for them. It was supposed to be something a little better than they were. [Malcolm McDowell, quoted in Chicago Commerce, June 12, 1914]
白领是指文员, 会计, 出纳员, 办公室工作人员。我们称他们为"白领",以区别于穿着制服和工作服、携带饭盒的工人。西侧的人们为他们取了这个名字。这被认为是比他们稍微好一些的东西。[马尔科姆·麦克道尔(Malcolm McDowell),摘自《芝加哥商业报》,1914年6月12日]
White-collar crime 于1957年被证明存在(曾有一份 white-collar criminaloids 发表于1934年)。
该词起源时间:1911年