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| nav·vy [ návvee ] (plural nav·vies) |
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U.K. laborer: an unskilled laborer, especially somebody who does the heavy digging work involved in the building of roads, railroads, and canals
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| [Early 19th century. Shortening of navigator in the archaic sense "canal laborer"] |
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