ROUGHNECK

Roughneck

Roughneck is a slang term for a person whose occupation is hard-manual labour, typically in a dangerous working environment. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with oil rigs. The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.

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roughneck

Noun

  1. Any labourer on an oil rig
  2. A rowdy or uncouth person

Verb

  1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig


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