'Roustabout' definitions:

Definition of 'roustabout'

From: WordNet
noun
A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor [syn: deckhand, roustabout]

Definition of 'Roustabout'

From: GCIDE
  • Roustabout \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.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'roustabout'

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