navvy

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈnævi/

Verb

Britain intransitive

(Britain, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

Japanese Meaning

土木工事などの公共事業で、体力を使った肉体労働を行うこと / 公共工事の現場で働くために、体を使う労働を行うこと

He went down to the riverbank to navvy on the new canal, joining the other workers at dawn.

彼は夜明けに他の作業員と合流し、新しい運河の工事で肉体労働をするために川岸へ向かった。

Sense（1）

(Britain, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

But by pretending to believe he's navvied before, I've given him double reason to drive himself hard.

navvies

（ present singular third-person ）

navvying

（ participle present ）

navvied

（ participle past ）

navvied

（ past ）