Look up: roustabout

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   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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   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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   Roustabout
   Drill crew members who handle the loading and unloading of equipment and assist in general operations around the rig.
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   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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   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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   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. A variation in spelling, `rouseabout`, is commonly used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to workers handling wool after it has been taken from the sheep's back during annual shearing operations `Roustabout` is also an official classification of oil rig personnel. Roustabo...
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   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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