navvy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: navvy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for navvy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
navvy n a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navvy \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.]