Meaning of ROUSTABOUT
| Pronunciation: | | 'rawstu`bawt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor |
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| | Synonyms: | | deckhand |
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| | See Also: | | gob, Jack, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Roust"a*bout`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who
moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an
opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance
jobs. [Western U.S.]
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