Roughneck is a slang term for a person whose occupation is hard-manual labor working on oil rigs. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with oil rigs. The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo. Originally the ter... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughneck
Drill crew members who work on the derrick floor, screwing together the sections of drillpipe when running or pulling a drillstring.
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