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A.Word.A.Day--navvy Do you wish to receive A.Word.A.Day in your mailbox every day? Subscribe here. Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio navvy (NAV-ee) noun Chiefly British. A laborer, especially one employed in construction or excavation projects. [Short for navigator, canal laborer (obsolete).] "That includes Jack Firebrace, a London navvy who helped dig the deepest of the London underground lines, the Central." Uzanne Ruta, Life During Wartime, Newsday, 11 Feb 1996. This week's theme: Words with slightly different spellings from some everyday words. X-Bonus A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. -Sydney J. Harris

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