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navvy: noun
navvy: noun

navvy [ˈnævi] N Brit inf

navvy

robotnik m fizyczny

navvy N

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koparka łyżkowa f

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One thousand navvies built the viaduct and established shanty towns on the moors for themselves and their families. en.wikipedia.org

The lives of about 100 navvies (railway construction workers) were lost during construction. en.wikipedia.org

A church was built alongside the village glebelands in 1843 to serve the local miners, quarrymen and railway navvies. en.wikipedia.org

Construction was carried out by navvies and coordinated by top engineers. en.wikipedia.org

A hodcarrier, visible behind the main navvy, is transporting bricks down into the hole. en.wikipedia.org

A single track runs through the middle (it would eventually have two lines) while the workers (navvies) gather in the mid-distance under a shaft. en.wikipedia.org

The line was one of the earlier built with the aid of steam navvies. en.wikipedia.org

Some 1,600 navvies and 70 horses were used to build the 18mi km line. en.wikipedia.org

The navvies recorded their triumphs, and more frequent trials and tribulations, in song. en.wikipedia.org

He was scrupulously fair with his subcontractors and kind to his navvies, supporting them financially at their times of need. en.wikipedia.org

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