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noun, plural nav·vies. British Informal.
an unskilled manual laborer.
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Navvy
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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navvy
1832, "laborer on a canal or railroad," colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."
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