Definition of navvy Navvy
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What does navvy mean?
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| navvy - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work | ||
| drudge, peon, galley slave | ||
| laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- navvy (n.)
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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navvy
nav′i, n. a labourer—originally a labourer on a navigation or canal: a machine for digging out earth, &c.—called also French navvy:—pl. Navv′ies. [A contr. of navigator.]
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🔤- navvy, noun, singular of navvies.
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