Navvy Definition

năvē
navvies
noun
navvies
An unskilled laborer, as on canals, roads, etc.
Webster's New World
A laborer, especially one employed in construction or excavation projects.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb

(UK, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Navvy

Noun

Singular:
navvy
Plural:
navvies

Origin of Navvy

  • Contraction of navigation, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for navigator canal laborer (obsolete)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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