roustabout
roustabout · roustabouts
Hilfsarbeiter
An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a shipAn unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
Meaning
1 senses(US)An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
See also quotations under rouseabout.
Hilfsarbeiter
More definitions
- a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
an unskilled laborer:
Origin
From roust + about.From roust + about.
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Forms
plural: roustaboutsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedoilpatch
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.