Lexicographical Neighbors of Navvying
Literary usage of Navvying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"A little road-making on service is not a bad thing, but continuous navvying is
enough to knock the heart out of any army." I agreed, and we sat up till two ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"The sturdier of the young men made for the seaports and became stevedore's
labourers, or went navvying, or emigrated. The old sports and pastimes had ..."
3. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1895)
"The excavating labourers—those who dig foundations, and do general navvying work
on buildings— often do that work only because they can do none bettor, ..."
4. Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1897)
"... where they are at present engaged in the healthy and invigorating pursuit of
navvying a stiff clay bank in the interest of the government. ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"I had to do a bit of navvying, down in Kent. It didn't suit me, and I soon shipped
again." " What a life ! " murmured the listener, starin g before him. ..."
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