Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouster
Literary usage of Rouster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Place Names in Strathbogie: With Notes Historical, Antiquarian, and Descriptive by James MacDonald (1891)
"The rouster must therefore terminate where the descriptive name ceases to be
applicable, which is at the junction with the main stream. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"rouster, roustabout (American), originally any very powerful fellow, now applied
to a rough who hangs about anywhere for work, and specially to a deck hand, ..."
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