roustabout
Example Sentences
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Shane's father, Maurice, who also described himself as something of a "roustabout", would, he said, try to read James Joyce's famously impenetrable, Finnegan's Wake with an 11-year-old Shane.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
As a former construction worker, he had the foundation, with some additional training, to begin working as a roustabout, assembling and repairing equipment in the offshore oil industry two years ago.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
Mr. Duncan liked to joke that his only previous experience in the oil industry was working a few weeks in Texas rigs as a low-rung laborer known as roustabout.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022
That’s when he got to know the owner-resident, a woman named Lola Sweet, a say-anything barfly and town roustabout, who cared for her son, Tommy Cosman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
An ancient roustabout is also looking through the stands but facing the other direction.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
