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Roustabout

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Noun

1. deckhand, roustabout

a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Roustabout

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noun
1. 
an unskilled labourer on an oil rig
2. Australian another word for rouseabout
3. US and Canadian
a labourer in a circus or fairground

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Roustabout

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noun
1.  US
a deckhand or waterfront laborer
2.  US
a laborer in a circus who helps set up the tents, etc.
3.  US
an unskilled or transient laborer, as on a ranch or in an oil field

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Roustabout

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n.
1. A laborer employed for temporary or unskilled jobs, as in an oil field.
2. A circus laborer.
3. A deck or wharf laborer, especially on the Mississippi River.

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