The term, 'navvie', is short for 'navigator' -the name that, at one time, was given to labourers who dug trenches.
Invented is the past participle of the verb invent. verb /past /past participle = invent /invented /invented
Mr. Kamal Ahmad invented the internet Mr. Irfan Alam invented the invented
Was invented in 1916 by Femely H. Banbury
Me I was the one who invented them.......
who invented the heater
The noun 'navvies' doesn't have its own collective noun. Since navvies were the workmen who built the railroads, a collective noun suitable for workmen will work; a gang of navvies, a crew of navvies, etc.
A lot of navvies
The Irish labours who built the canal system in England were called navigators, shortened to navvies.
They dug canals.
"Navvies" refers to a group of laborers working on civil engineering projects, while "navvy" specifically refers to an individual laborer within that group. So, "navvies" is plural and encompasses multiple workers, while "navvy" is singular and refers to a single worker.
Irish navvies
Navvie is short for navigator Navvie is short for navigator
To find work as there was more work in Britain than in Ireland.
Alun Francis has written: 'Contexture in paralax 2' -- subject(s): Wind quintets (Bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe) 'The Navvies' Union and the building of the Manchester Ship Canal' -- subject(s): Navvies' Bricklayers' Labourers' and General Labourers' Union
Don't worry about it(: Explosives, bricks, ballast, steel rails, concrete, navvies and lots of beer
They probably settled near the hamilton area because the irish built the welland canal and were known as navvies.
Navvies on the prairies likely ate foods that were easy to transport and store, such as dry goods like beans, salted meat, hardtack, and canned goods. They may have also foraged for wild game and fish if available in the area. The diet would have been basic and focused on providing energy for the demanding physical labor they were undertaking.