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Navvy
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Navvy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/navvy.html. 1828.