navvy
IPA: nˈævi
noun
- (chiefly UK, historical) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
verb
- (intransitive, UK, historical) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.
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Examples of "navvy" in Sentences
- The ground is sometimes known as the Navvy.
- A navvy on right, swigging beer, emphasises their rejection of teetotalism.
- His own birthplace was the navvy village of Burnbanks by the Haweswater dam.