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navvy

['nævɪ]

сущ.

  1. землекоп, чернорабочий

  2. драга, землечерпалка, экскаватор

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navvy

  1. экскаватор

  2. англ. рабочий низкой квалификации

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Further on the astonished features of navvies appeared above the mounds of gravel.
Из-за куч щебня выглядывали удивленные землекопы.
Wells, Herbert George / The Invisible ManУэллс, Герберт / Человек-невидимка
Человек-невидимка
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1972
The Invisible Man
Wells, Herbert George
© 2008 Waldman Publishing Corp.
I felt as a rabbit might feel returning to his burrow and suddenly confronted by the work of a dozen busy navvies digging the foundations of a house.
Я испытал то, что чувствует кролик, возвратившийся к своей норке и Вдруг обнаруживший, что землекопы срыли до основания его жилище.
Wells, Herbert George / The War of the WorldsУэллс, Герберт Джордж / Война миров
Война миров
Уэллс, Герберт Джордж
The War of the Worlds
Wells, Herbert George
In the previous autumn a gang of navvies had dug a boundary ditch near Progonnaya, and had run up a bill at the tavern for eighteen roubles, and now he had to find their foreman in Shuteykino and get the money from him.
Еще осенью землекопы рыли около Прогонной межевую канаву и прохарчили в трактире 18 рублей, и теперь нужно было застать в Шутейкине их подрядчика и получить с него эти деньги.
Чехов, А.П. / УбийствоChekhov, A. / The murder
The murder
Chekhov, A.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Убийство
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

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'nævɪNounземлекоп; чернорабочийExamples

mere navvy's work — механическая работа

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Collocations

navvy barrow
тачка для земляных работ
navvy pick
кирка
navvy pick
мотыга
power navvy
одноковшовый экскаватор

Word forms

navvy

noun
SingularPlural
Common casenavvynavvies
Possessive casenavvy'snavvies'