Word: navvy

Category: navvy

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Related words: navvy

old navvy

Synonyms: navvy

eyeglass

Translations: navvy

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german
Translations:
streckenarbeiter, löffelbagger, kanalarbeiter
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french
Translations:
terrassier
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italian
Translations:
sterratore
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russian
Translations:
чернорабочий, землечерпалка, экскаватор
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polish
Translations:
kopacz
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ukrainian
Translations:
землечерпалка, землекоп, екскаватор, чорнороб
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bulgarian
Translations:
екскаватор
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estonian
Translations:
kraavihall, ekskavaator, mustatööline
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croatian
Translations:
radnik
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slovenian
Translations:
kopáč
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slovak
Translations:
kopáč

The meaning and "use of": navvy

noun
  • a laborer employed in the excavation and construction of a road, railroad, or canal. - Over the decade which followed, it spread to every section of the working class-miners, iron workers, canal navvies , wool and cotton operatives, builders, seamen, land workers.

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