roughneck
Meanings
noun
- A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
- A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
- Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
- To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".
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