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Definition of Roustabout
1. Noun. A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor.
Generic synonyms: Gob, Jack, Jack-tar, Mariner, Old Salt, Sea Dog, Seafarer, Seaman, Tar
Definition of Roustabout
1. n. A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.
Definition of Roustabout
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roustabout
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Medical Definition of Roustabout
1. A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roustabout
Literary usage of Roustabout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"Quack-quack!" My dog go: "Bow-bow!" My hoss go: "Whee-whee! Whee- whee!" My cat
go: "Fiddle-toe! Fiddle- toe!" WHEN I WAS A "roustabout" ..."
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