navvy
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.nav·vy
noun \ˈna-vē\ plural navvies
Definition of NAVVY
chiefly British : an unskilled laborer
See Origin of NAVVY
by shortening & alteration from navigator construction worker on a canal
First Known Use: circa 1834
Rhymes with NAVVY
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