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roughneck

noun

Meaning

  1. Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
  2. An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
  3. A labourer on an oil rig.
  4. To work as a laborer on an oil rig

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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