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French navvies

French navvies is the plural of French navvy.

Meaning of French navvy

Noun

French navvy (plural French navvies)

  1. (historical) An earth-digging machine; a kind of excavator.

Questions about French navvies

What is French navvies the plural of?
French navvies is the plural of French navvy.

Words near French navvies in the dictionary

  1. French merinos
  2. French morocco
  3. French moroccos
  4. French mustard
  5. French mustards
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  9. French North America
  10. French onion soup
  11. French onion soups

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