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Roustabout
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Roustabout
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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
see synonyms of roustabout 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
see synonyms of roustaboutn.
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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