Found 2 items, similar to navvy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: navvy navvy n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, peon, galley slave]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Navvy Navvy \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. Navies. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.] Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]