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navvy

UK/ˈnævi/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

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Origin

Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -y.

Phrases

  • French navvy
  • steam navvy

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