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navvy

nav·vy [ návvee ] (plural nav·vies)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. laborer: an unskilled laborer, especially somebody who does the heavy digging work involved in the building of roads, railroads, and canals ( dated )

[Early 19th century. Shortening of navigator in the archaic sense "canal laborer"]
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