Navvy (Noun)
Meaning
A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The navvy on the construction site was tasked with hauling heavy materials around the area.
- He worked as a navvy on the railways for many years, digging tunnels and laying tracks.
- During the economic downturn, she had to take a job as a navvy just to make ends meet.
- After the prisoner escaped, the wardens made an example of him by forcing him to work as a navvy in the quarry.
- The young immigrant was relegated to working as a navvy on the docks, doing hard labor for minimal pay.