1) Labourer 2) Peon
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1) UK laborer 2) An unskilled manual laborer 3) British unskilled laborer 4) Drudge 5) Galley slave 6) Jack 7) Laborer 8) Labourer 9) Manual laborer 10) Peon 11) Railway occupation 12) Unskilled labourer
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Navvy, a shorter form of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (US), is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as `navigations`, or `eternal navigation......
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• (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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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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A labourer working in the digging and building of a road, railway or canal.
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Navvy is British slang for a navigator; a manual labourer, an unskilled construction worker or road digger.
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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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usually applied to manual labourers, especially those who dig trenches or excavations, and especially on civil engineering projects. The term derives from the ‘navigators’ who dug canals (navigations).
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British slang for a manual labourer, an unskilled construction worker or road digger.
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an unskilled manual laborer.
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