navvy[noun]Synonyms: labourer, worker, workman
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nav‧vy /ˈnævi/
noun (
plural navvies)
[countable] British English[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: navigator 'someone who digs canals']
an unskilled worker who does physical work, such as building roads
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