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Navvy, a clipping of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (US), is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects and occasionally (in North America) to refer to mechanical shovels and earth moving machinery. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever.

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  • Navvy, a clipping of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (US), is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects and occasionally (in North America) to refer to mechanical shovels and earth moving machinery. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever. (en)
  • Rallare är en yrkesterm för anläggningsarbetare, särskilt vid järnvägs- och kraftverksbyggen, där de senare förr kallades vattenrallare. Andra ord för rallare vid järnvägen är järnvägsanläggning, järnvägsarbetare eller rälsläggare. (sv)
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  • Navvy, a clipping of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (US), is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects and occasionally (in North America) to refer to mechanical shovels and earth moving machinery. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever. (en)
  • Rallare är en yrkesterm för anläggningsarbetare, särskilt vid järnvägs- och kraftverksbyggen, där de senare förr kallades vattenrallare. Andra ord för rallare vid järnvägen är järnvägsanläggning, järnvägsarbetare eller rälsläggare. (sv)
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  • Navvy (en)
  • Rallare (sv)
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