Look up: roustabout

1. roustabout
   a worker on an offshore rig who handles the equipment and supplies that are sent to the rig form the shore base. The head roustabout is very often the crane operator. a worker who assists the foreman in the general work around a producing oilwell, usually on the property of the oil company. A helper on a well servicing unit.
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2. roustabout
   a worker on an offshore rig who handles the equipment and supplies that are sent to the rig form the shore base. The head roustabout is very often the crane operator. a worker who assists the foreman in the general work around a producing oilwell, usually on the property of the oil company. A helper on a well servicing unit.
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3. Roustabout
   Drill crew members who handle the loading and unloading of equipment and assist in general operations around the rig.
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4. Roustabout
   Roust'a·bout` noun [ 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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5. roustabout
   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. ... Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. Roustabout
   • (n.) 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.
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7. Roustabout
   (film) `Roustabout` (1964) is a Paramount Pictures musical feature film starring Elvis Presley as a singer who takes a job working with a struggling carnival. The film was produced by Hal Wallis and directed by John Rich from a screenplay by Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss. Roustab...
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8. Roustabout
   A `roustabout` is a labourer typically performing temporary, unskilled work. The term has traditionally been used to refer to traveling-circus workers or oil rig workers. In the southern United States, mid to late 19th century, roustabout was used to refer to unskilled labour working on steamboats. ...
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9. Roustabout
   (album) `Roustabout` is the twenty-first album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2999, in October 1964. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, on March 2 and 3, and April 29, 1964. It peaked at #1 on the ...
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