navvy

noun

Definition of navvynext
chiefly British
as in laborer

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  1. laborer
  2. drudge
  3. grub
  4. workman
  5. jobber
  6. workingman
Noun
  • But since 2010, changes in the populations that were migrating, and the failure of Congress to update the system with new legal channels for refugees and laborers, have made asylum the default access for migrants coming to the southwest border.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Much like his 19th century predecessors, protection offers Trump an appeal to diverse constituencies: manufacturing interests, union laborers, declining industrial towns in swing states, voters without college educations and access to tech jobs.
    Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • Freed from drudge work, these workers should be empowered to focus on more creative tasks and problem-solving.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Finally, give the drone scouts the drudge work, such as tediously scouring a large area.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
Definition of drudge
Noun
  • With Rodriguez on board, the show has continued to cast an authentic light on Los Angeles and its Latino characters, storylines and grubs.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Check with your local university coop extension service (find yours here) to learn the right time to apply grub control your area.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of grub
Noun
  • In the Act One climax, one of the workmen, Polish poet Joe Pakulski (Devin Cortez), falls to his death, leaving behind his pregnant wife, an Indigenous woman named Rudy (also Kabeary) who has been working beside him on the high beams.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
  • Companies operating these facilities are exposed to significant liability and workman’s compensation claims.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of workman
Noun
  • Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Definition of jobber
Noun
  • His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The people who are sitting in front of Hitler have, for the most part, sunk below the standard of living of a German workingman with a job.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Definition of workingman
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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