NAVVY

Navvy

Navvy, a shorter form of navigator or navigational engineer, is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever.

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navvy

Noun

  1. a laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad

Verb

  1. To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.


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