/ ˈnævi; NAmE / noun
( pl. -ies ) ( BrE ) a person employed to do hard physical work, especially building roads, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: abbreviation of navigator (which was formerly also used in this sense).
NAVVY
Meaning of NAVVY in English
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005