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Roustabout

Roustabout Meaning & Definition
Roustabout Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Roustabout?

[n] a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

Synonyms | Synonyms for Roustabout: deckhand

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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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