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Roustabout

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship. US

    "The U. is my own Alma Mater, and I am proud to be known as an alumni, but there are certain instructors there who seem to think we ought to turn the conduct of the nation over to hoboes and roustabouts."

  2. 2
    a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To work as a roustabout. intransitive

    "When Jack is old and weatherbeat, / Too old to roustabout, / In some rum-shop they’ll let him stop, / At eight bells he’s turned out."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From roust + about.

Etymology 2

From roust + about.

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