About The Word Navvy
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Navvy
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What's The Definition Of Navvy?
[n] a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Synonyms | Synonyms for Navvy: drudge | galley slave | peon Related Terms | Find terms related to Navvy: blue-collar worker | breadwinner | casual | casual laborer | common laborer | day laborer | digger | dredge | dredger | driller | employee | excavator | factory worker | flunky | free lance | free-lancer | full-time worker | groundhog | hand | industrial worker | jobber | jobholder | laborer | laboring man | menial | migrant | miner | moiler | office temporary | proletarian | roustabout | salaried worker | sandhog | sapper | self-employed person | servant | steam shovel | stiff | temporary | toiler | tunneler | wage earner | wage slave | wageworker | worker | workgirl | workhand | working girl | workingman | workingwoman | workman See Also | jack | laborer | labourer | manual laborer Navvy In Webster's Dictionary \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. {Navies}. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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