Roustabout
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roustabout is a noun meaning (intransitive) To work as a roustabout.
Meaning
(intransitive) To work as a roustabout.
More Meanings
- (chiefly US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
Example Sentences
See also quotations under rouseabout.
Then Sísiphos in torment I beheld / being roustabout to a tremendous boulder.
She works in McGregor, North Dakota as a roustabout pusher. That means she and her crew help fix and maintain the drilling sites.
Thereafter, the youth gives many years to aimless wandering about the South and the Middle West. He roustabouts with a carnival […]
Word Forms
- roustabouts
- rouseabout
- roustabouting
- roustabouted
Synonyms for roustabout
Depending on context, synonyms include rouser, rousie, roughneck, deckhand.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deckhand, rouseabout, rouser, ruffneck, roughscuff, rumhound.
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