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roustabout

[roust-uh-bout] / ˈraʊst əˌbaʊt /


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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

Norwood Pratt is an earnest gas station employee who gets wrapped up in a roustabout grifter’s web.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

Noerr has a personal oil connection: In 1981, he worked as a roustabout in the Kern oil fields.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2019

An ancient roustabout is also looking through the stands but facing the other direction.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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