(chiefly, US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
(chiefly, US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
(intransitive) To work as a roustabout.
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.
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(colloquial, chiefly, US) A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
(colloquial, chiefly, US, dated) A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
an unskilled laborer.
(colloquial, chiefly, US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.