navvy
Meanings
noun
- A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
- an unskilled laborer
verb
- To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -y.
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