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Definition of roustabout noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roustabout

noun

/ˈraʊstəbaʊt/

/ˈraʊstəbaʊt/

(especially North American English)

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a man with no special skills who does temporary work, for example on an oil rig or in a circus
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the verb roust.

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