navvy

[ nav-ee ]

/ ˈnæv i /

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noun, plural nav·vies.British Informal.

an unskilled manual laborer.

Origin of navvy

First recorded in 1825–35; short for navigator

Words nearby navvy

navigator, Návpaktos, Navratilova, NAVSAT, NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, navvy, navy, navy bean, navy blue, Navy Cross, navy cut

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Example sentences from the Web for navvy

It is pleasing to remember that a Navvy Battalion followed us!
The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)|Fred W. Ward
The high wages of the navvy are offset by the disadvantages of his employment.
Recent Developments in European Thought|Various
Navvy gave us and the lions a wide berth, and walked to camp.
Tales of lonely trails|Zane Grey
The doctor, the schoolmaster, and the professor will be paid (in labour-cheques) at the same rate as the navvy.
The Conquest of Bread|Peter Kropotkin

Peter could and did occasionally work like a navvy without feeling that his Imperial dignity was thereby impaired.
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for navvy

navvy

/ (ˈnævɪ) /

noun plural -vies

British informal a labourer on a building site, excavations, etc

Word Origin for navvy

C19: shortened from navigator, builder of a navigation (sense 4)

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单词	navvy
释义	navvy [ nav-ee ] / ˈnæv i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR navvy ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural nav·vies.British Informal. an unskilled manual laborer. Origin of navvy First recorded in 1825–35; short for navigator Words nearby navvy navigator, Návpaktos, Navratilova, NAVSAT, NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, navvy, navy, navy bean, navy blue, Navy Cross, navy cut Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for navvy It is pleasing to remember that a Navvy Battalion followed us! The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)\|Fred W. Ward The high wages of the navvy are offset by the disadvantages of his employment. Recent Developments in European Thought\|Various Navvy gave us and the lions a wide berth, and walked to camp. Tales of lonely trails\|Zane Grey The doctor, the schoolmaster, and the professor will be paid (in labour-cheques) at the same rate as the navvy. The Conquest of Bread\|Peter Kropotkin Peter could and did occasionally work like a navvy without feeling that his Imperial dignity was thereby impaired. Russia\|Donald Mackenzie Wallace British Dictionary definitions for navvy navvy / (ˈnævɪ) / noun plural -vies British informal a labourer on a building site, excavations, etc Word Origin for navvy C19: shortened from navigator, builder of a navigation (sense 4) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to navvy laborer, roustabout
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navvy

noun, plural nav·vies.British Informal.

Origin of navvy

Words nearby navvy

Example sentences from the Web for navvy

British Dictionary definitions for navvy

noun plural -vies

Word Origin for navvy

Words related to navvy