navvy

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for navvy
Noun
  • In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The actions of delivery truck drivers, warehouse laborers and many others can be tracked and sifted, too.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Bramson, 73, always looked forward to visiting Royal Castle with his lifelong friend and getting some of that good grub.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The spooky lights are setting the mood inside and out, the doorway is decorated with pumpkins, skeletons and spiderwebs, the playlist is ready for the monsters to mash and the food table is topped with some grossly realistic-looking grub.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Two women take a selfie next to a mural by artist Banksy of a workman removing a star from the EU flag near the ferry terminal in Dover, Kent, in 2017.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
  • Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear.
    Julia Turner, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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