roustabout

roust·a·bout

(rous′tə-bout′)

1. A laborer employed for temporary or unskilled jobs, as in an oil field.

2. A circus laborer.

3. A deck or wharf laborer, especially on the Mississippi River.

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roustabout

(ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt)

1. (Professions) an unskilled labourer on an oil rig

2. (Agriculture) Austral another word for rouseabout

3. (Professions) Austral another word for rouseabout

4. (Professions) US and Canadian a labourer in a circus or fairground

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roust•a•bout

(ˈraʊst əˌbaʊt)

n.

1. a wharf laborer or deck hand.

2. a circus laborer who helps to set up tents, care for the animals, etc.

3. any unskilled laborer, esp. one working in an oil field.

[1865–70]

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Noun

roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

deckhand

Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor

roustabout

noun

One who labors:

hand, laborer, operative, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman.

Translations

manovale scaricatore di porto

roustabout

[ˈraʊstəbaʊt] N (US) → peón m

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roustabout

[ˈraʊstəbaʊt] (US) n → manœuvre m

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roustabout

(US Naut) (= deckhand) → Deckhelfer m; (in dock) → Werft- or Hafenarbeiter m

(US: = unskilled labourer) → Hilfsarbeiter m

(Austral) → Helfer m → beim Scheren

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It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts 'uz sprawled aroun' asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep--'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch!--en de ole watchman, Billy Hatch, he 'uz a-noddin' on de companionway;--en I knowed 'em all; en, lan', but dey did look good!

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Based by writer Joe DiPietro on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, with Ben Lewis' Fonz-like roustabout Chad falling for motorcycle repair girl Natalie (Laura Tebbutt) while she's disguised as a man to get closer to him, the show is almost a parody of the image of the square-jawed all-American hero and the old-fashioned values of Elvis' films.