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roustabout (n.)

"deck hand, wharf worker," 1868, perhaps from roust + about. But another theory connects it to British dialect rousing "rough, shaggy," a word associated perhaps with rooster. With extended senses in U.S., including "circus hand" (1931); "manual laborer on an oil rig" (1948).

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Definitions of roustabout from WordNet

roustabout (n.)
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor;
Synonyms: deckhand
From wordnet.princeton.edu