plural of navvy / plural of navvie

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of navvy

(chiefly Britain) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.

(Britain, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

simple past tense and past participle of navvy

present participle of navvy

Alternative form of navvy

plural of French navvy

plural of steam navvy

(historical) An earth-digging machine; a kind of excavator.