| 单词 | navvy |
| 释义 | navvy (once / 9009 pages) n WORD FAMILY navvy: navvies USAGE EXAMPLESUsing more colorful language, he described the larva turning the spider into a “drugged navvy.” New York Times(Sep 13, 2015) He said the stereotype of the Irish "navvy" - manual workers employed in the construction industry - often no longer applies. BBC(Mar 15, 2014) That may explain, if not excuse, why a navvy in Stacksteads, Lancashire who'd grown tired of married life, reverted to an old English custom. BBC(Feb 14, 2014) n a laborer who is obliged to do menial work Syn|Hyper drudge, galley slave, peon jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor |
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