Look up: navvy

1. Navvy
   Nav'vy noun ; plural Navies . [ Abbreviated from navigator .] Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [ Eng.]
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2. Navvy
   • (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. • (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.
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3. navvy
   navvy Etymology: from 1832, 'laborer on a canal or railroad', colloquial shortening of navigator in its sense of 'one who digs navigation canals'.
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4. Navvy
   Navvy is British slang for a navigator; a manual labourer, an unskilled construction worker or road digger.
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5. Navvy
   Navvy is British slang for a navigator; a manual labourer, an unskilled construction worker or road digger.
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6. navvy
   A labourer working in the digging and building of a road, railway or canal.
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7. Navvy
   `s painting Work `Navvy` is a shorter form of `navigator` (UK) or `navigational engineer` (USA) and is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Britain when numerous canals were being bui...
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