collar blight


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Noun 1. collar blight - a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees
blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
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In assessing the impact of this blue collar blight, however, the author goes too far by dismissing the argument that a structural shift in the national and world economies was the fundamental reason manufacturing disappeared from the city.
The New York Approach: Robert Moses, Urban Liberals and Redevelopment of the Inner City

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