roustabout Antonyms
Meaning of roustabout
roustabout (n)
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
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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a member of a ship's crew who performs manual laborA laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the
stevedore, longshoreman, dockworker,docker, rouster,dockhand
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The roustabout heaved barrels of oil onto the ship's deck.
The carnival hired a roustabout to help set up and break down rides.
The roustabout's rough-and-tumble lifestyle kept him on the road.
The oil field was a dangerous place, and the roustabouts had to be tough to survive.
