navvy

• Substantivo que designa um trabalhador braçal, geralmente empregado em trabalhos pesados ou não qualificados, como em obras de construção, escavações ou ferrovias.

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.

   Trabalhador braçal

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdiggerlaborermanual laborerworkerworkman