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navvy
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[ˈnavi], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a labourer employed in the excavation and construction of a road, railway, or canal
(e.g: many of these navvies lived in temporary shanty towns)
Phrases:
Origin
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early 19th century: abbreviation of navigator (which was formerly also used in this sense)
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