navvy

• Sustantivo que designa a un trabajador, generalmente no cualificado, que realiza trabajos físicos pesados, como en la construcción o en excavaciones.

A noun referring to a laborer, typically one who performs heavy physical or menial work, such as in construction or excavation.

1. Manual laborerC1formalbritish

   A worker who performs heavy physical labor, especially in construction or excavation.

   Trabajador manual (peón de construcción o excavación)

   • The navvies worked tirelessly to dig the canal.
   • A team of navvies was hired to build the railway embankment.
   • He started his career as a navvy on a construction site.

   Sinónimosdiggerlaborermanual laborerworkerworkman