About The Word Roustabout
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Roustabout
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What's The Definition Of Roustabout?
[n] a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
Synonyms | Synonyms for Roustabout: deckhand Related Terms | Find terms related to Roustabout: See Also | gob | Jack | Jack-tar | mariner | old salt | sea dog | seafarer | seaman | tar Roustabout In Webster's Dictionary \Roust"a*bout`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
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. [Western U.S.]
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