navvy in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
navvy in English
- navvy⇄navvy, noun, pl.-vies,verb, -vied,-vying.
(Especially British.) - navvy⇄noun an unskilled laborer employed in the excavation and construction of canals, railways, roads, and other large undertakings.
Ex. O'Casey became a navvy and bricklayer when he grew up (New Yorker). - navvy⇄v.i. to work as a navvy.
Ex. ... Victoria Station, where he happened to be navvying at the time (Punch). - navvy⇄v.t. to excavate.