roustabout

roust·a·bout

 (rous′tə-bout′)

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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roustabout

(ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt)

n

1. (Professions) an unskilled labourer on an oil rig

2. (Agriculture) Austral another word for rouseabout

3. (Professions) Austral another word for rouseabout

4. (Professions) US and Canadian a labourer in a circus or fairground

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roust•a•bout

(ˈraʊst əˌbaʊt)

n.

1. a wharf laborer or deck hand.

2. a circus laborer who helps to set up tents, care for the animals, etc.

3. any unskilled laborer, esp. one working in an oil field.

[1865–70]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor deckhand Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor

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roustabout

noun

One who labors:

hand, laborer, operative, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman.

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Translations

manovalescaricatore di porto

roustabout

[ˈraʊstəbaʊt] N (US) → peón m

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roustabout

[ˈraʊstəbaʊt] (US) n → manœuvre m

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roustabout

n

(US Naut) (= deckhand) → Deckhelfer m; (in dock) → Werft- or Hafenarbeiter m

(US: = unskilled labourer) → Hilfsarbeiter m

(Austral) → Helfer m → beim Scheren

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