Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
NAVVY
drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
(noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
navvy (plural navvies)
(chiefly British) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
Verb
navvy (third-person singular simple present navvies, present participle navvying, simple past and past participle navvied)
(British, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.
Source: Wiktionary
Nav"vy, n.; pl. Navies. Etym: [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Definition: Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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