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navvy

/ˈnævi/noun

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मज़दूर, खुदाई करने वाला श्रमिक

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nounnavvies
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    [C] British, old-fashioned

    a man employed to do hard physical work, especially digging roads, canals or railways

    मज़दूर, खुदाई करने वाला श्रमिक

    • Thousands of navvies built the railways in the nineteenth century.

    Synonyms labourer workman digger

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Synonyms

labourer workman digger

⌂Word origin and word building

From navigator, the name given to the workers who dug the navigation canals in Britain.

यह navigator से बना है, जो Britain में navigation canals खोदने वाले मज़दूरों को दिया गया नाम था।