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roustabout(dictionary)
roustabout(dictionary)

roustabout (iou)



roustabout noun & verb. M19.
[from ROUST verb2.]
A. noun.
A dock labourer; a deck hand. US. M19.
A casual or unskilled labourer; spec. (a) N. Amer. a casual labourer in a circus; (b) Austral. = ROUSEABOUT noun 2. Also, a layabout. L19.
A labourer on an oil rig. M20.
b. verb intrans. Work as a roustabout. US. E20.