roustabout

Definitions

An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.

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Examples

“The U. is my own⟳ Alma Mater, and I am proud to be known as an alumni, but there are certain instructors there who seem to think⟳ we ought to turn⟳ the conduct of the nation over to hoboes and roustabouts.”

“Then Sísiphos in torment I beheld / being roustabout to a tremendous boulder.”

“Brooklyn Tony, who had run⟳ away from home to be a circus roustabout, became a poster artist and eventually an Abstract Expressionist.”

“She works in McGregor, North Dakota as a roustabout pusher. That means she and her crew help⟳ fix⟳ and maintain⟳ the drilling sites.”

“See⟳ also quotations under rouseabout.”

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