英语词汇work like a navvy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	work like a navvy
词源	work like a navvy. To work hard at physical labor. The word is navvy here, not navy, and means laborer. A navvy was a man who worked on the many canals that were excavated in En- gland starting in the mid-18th century. These canals were called “navigations” and a laborer working on one was dubbed a “navigator,” this soon being shortened to navvy.
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