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Roustabout
Pronunciation : Roust"a*bout`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition : Defn: 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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