Meaning of NAVVY
| Pronunciation: | | 'navee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
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| | Synonyms: | | drudge, galley slave, peon |
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| | See Also: | | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. {Navies}. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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| | Related Terms: | | blue-collar worker, breadwinner, casual, casual laborer, common laborer, day laborer, digger, dredge, dredger, driller, employee, excavator, factory worker, flunky, free lance, free-lancer, full-time worker, groundhog, hand, industrial worker, jobber, jobholder, laborer, laboring man, menial, migrant, miner, moiler, office temporary, proletarian, roustabout, salaried worker, sandhog, sapper, self-employed person, servant, steam shovel, stiff, temporary, toiler, tunneler, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman |
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