roustaboutn.

Brit.

/ˈraʊstəbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt/

Forms: 1800s rostabout, 1800s– roustabout.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roust v.², about adv.

Etymology: < roust v.² + about adv. Compare earlier rouseabout n.

Originally U.S.

1. U.S. A deckhand, originally and esp. on a riverboat; (also) a dock labourer. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand

decker1800

deck-hand1844

roustabout1860

rouster1870

deck-boy1900

deckie1913

deckie-learner1934

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > at docks

gangsman1740

wharf-man1848

roustabout1860

matey1865

watersider1867

rouster1870

docker1887

wharf-labourer1890

wharf-lumper1906

wharfie1912

docksman1921

1860 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 27 June 1/3 Every steamer has also a set of deck hands, ‘roustabouts’—whose..duty it is..to load and unload freight.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 225 The Western rough is frequently a roustabout.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 216 On all these river boats most of the men employed are what is termed roustabouts, and are just ordinary labourers who are picked up anywhere.

1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) xv. 299 I hear he is to have a big lump of money for this work he is doing like a roustabout on the docks in New Orleans.

2007 G. S. Pablis Daily Life along Mississippi v. 103 Members of the deck crews who worked as roustabouts carried cargo on and off the steamboat at river ports.

a. Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A general worker; a casual or unskilled labourer; (derogatory) a vagrant or layabout. Cf. rouseabout n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman

factotum1562

Magister factotum1573

Johannes factotum1592

Jack of all trades1618

Tom of all trades1631

John-of-all-trades1639

handyman1742

odd man1743

gimcrack1766

Jack of all work1773

orraman1802

bottle washer1835

Jack1836

odd-jobs man1859

roustabout1862

hob-jobber1873

rouster1882

odd-jobber1886

knockabout1889

orra-loon1895

rouser1896

trouncer1896

leatherneck1898

loppy1898

rouseabout1901

bluetongue2002

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > labouring or unskilled

casual labourer1851

roustabout1862

casualty man1887

strapper1888

togt boy1898

rouseabout1899

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

1862 Philadelphia Inquirer 12 June 2/5 We saw a large and excited crowd chasing a poor German who had the temerity and honesty to hurrah for Lincoln, when he was set upon by a lot of rowdies and roustabouts.

1871 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Morning Sentinel 13 Jan. It would be difficult to imagine the erudite and abstruse Sumner..‘going in’ with the recklessness of a city rough or pot-house roustabout.

1883 Longman's Mag. June 178 This poor young man had been a ‘roustabout’ hand on a station [in Australia].

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi li. 505 Do you mean the Roman army?—those six sandalled roustabouts in nightshirts?

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xix. 152 Butchers, roustabouts and helpers..toiled steadily in the lamplight.

1960 H. Miller Nexus (1964) xiv. 237 I've got a good wife, only we're temperamentally unsuited to one another. I'm too common for her. Too much of a roustabout.

1990 J. Edwards AWOL 3 Daisy was a roustabout. She did most of the chores of preparing meals and keeping the place clean.

b. North American. A general labourer in a travelling circus or carnival.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > in circus

roustabout1875

razorback1886

1875 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 18 May 3/2 The performers all went to the Priest house, while the roustabouts immediately commenced to haul the poles, canvass, etc.

1949 Los Angeles Times 9 Apr. 2/3 Roustabouts from the Clyde Beatty circus appeared to offer any manual labor needed.

1957 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 175 He may earn his living as a petty criminal, a hobo, a carnival roustabout or a free-lance moving man in Greenwich Village.

1976 Telegraph-Jrnl. (St. John, New Brunswick) 4 Sept. 32/1 From a carnival roustabout to owner of the show in 25 years.

1996 R. J. Reising Loose Ends vi. 290 The workers charged with the erection of the circus tents are the roustabouts.

c. Originally U.S. A general or manual labourer on an oil rig. Cf. roughneck n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > types of

scout1883

roustabout1886

pipeliner1887

tongsman1891

tool-dresser1896

fisherman1903

roughneck1913

stabber1922

toolie1932

tool-pusher1932

doodlebug1933

rigger1974

1886 Harper's Mag. Jan. 245/1 Teamsters and roustabouts were so hostile to this innovation [sc. an oil pipeline], which they regarded as an invasion of their rights, that the line had to be constantly guarded.

1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Nov. 8/6 There are fourteen drilling rigs running which employ about two crews each..Besides this there are the..pipe line gangs, roustabout gangs, carpenters, etc.

1971 C. Simpson New Austral. 518 The average young oilfield worker, called a ‘roustabout’, needed to have more than muscles. Technical competence was also called for.

2009 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Business section) 3 You will need to be 18 or over for most offshore jobs... You could..join the industry as a roustabout or roughneck and work your way up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roustabout
释义	roustaboutn. Brit. /ˈraʊstəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt/ Forms: 1800s rostabout, 1800s– roustabout. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roust v.², about adv. Etymology: < roust v.² + about adv. Compare earlier rouseabout n. Originally U.S. 1. U.S. A deckhand, originally and esp. on a riverboat; (also) a dock labourer. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand decker1800 deck-hand1844 roustabout1860 rouster1870 deck-boy1900 deckie1913 deckie-learner1934 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > at docks gangsman1740 wharf-man1848 roustabout1860 matey1865 watersider1867 rouster1870 docker1887 wharf-labourer1890 wharf-lumper1906 wharfie1912 docksman1921 1860 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 27 June 1/3 Every steamer has also a set of deck hands, ‘roustabouts’—whose..duty it is..to load and unload freight. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 225 The Western rough is frequently a roustabout. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 216 On all these river boats most of the men employed are what is termed roustabouts, and are just ordinary labourers who are picked up anywhere. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) xv. 299 I hear he is to have a big lump of money for this work he is doing like a roustabout on the docks in New Orleans. 2007 G. S. Pablis Daily Life along Mississippi v. 103 Members of the deck crews who worked as roustabouts carried cargo on and off the steamboat at river ports. 2. a. Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A general worker; a casual or unskilled labourer; (derogatory) a vagrant or layabout. Cf. rouseabout n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > labouring or unskilled casual labourer1851 roustabout1862 casualty man1887 strapper1888 togt boy1898 rouseabout1899 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1862 Philadelphia Inquirer 12 June 2/5 We saw a large and excited crowd chasing a poor German who had the temerity and honesty to hurrah for Lincoln, when he was set upon by a lot of rowdies and roustabouts. 1871 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Morning Sentinel 13 Jan. It would be difficult to imagine the erudite and abstruse Sumner..‘going in’ with the recklessness of a city rough or pot-house roustabout. 1883 Longman's Mag. June 178 This poor young man had been a ‘roustabout’ hand on a station [in Australia]. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi li. 505 Do you mean the Roman army?—those six sandalled roustabouts in nightshirts? 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xix. 152 Butchers, roustabouts and helpers..toiled steadily in the lamplight. 1960 H. Miller Nexus (1964) xiv. 237 I've got a good wife, only we're temperamentally unsuited to one another. I'm too common for her. Too much of a roustabout. 1990 J. Edwards AWOL 3 Daisy was a roustabout. She did most of the chores of preparing meals and keeping the place clean. b. North American. A general labourer in a travelling circus or carnival. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > in circus roustabout1875 razorback1886 1875 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 18 May 3/2 The performers all went to the Priest house, while the roustabouts immediately commenced to haul the poles, canvass, etc. 1949 Los Angeles Times 9 Apr. 2/3 Roustabouts from the Clyde Beatty circus appeared to offer any manual labor needed. 1957 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 175 He may earn his living as a petty criminal, a hobo, a carnival roustabout or a free-lance moving man in Greenwich Village. 1976 Telegraph-Jrnl. (St. John, New Brunswick) 4 Sept. 32/1 From a carnival roustabout to owner of the show in 25 years. 1996 R. J. Reising Loose Ends vi. 290 The workers charged with the erection of the circus tents are the roustabouts. c. Originally U.S. A general or manual labourer on an oil rig. Cf. roughneck n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > types of scout1883 roustabout1886 pipeliner1887 tongsman1891 tool-dresser1896 fisherman1903 roughneck1913 stabber1922 toolie1932 tool-pusher1932 doodlebug1933 rigger1974 1886 Harper's Mag. Jan. 245/1 Teamsters and roustabouts were so hostile to this innovation [sc. an oil pipeline], which they regarded as an invasion of their rights, that the line had to be constantly guarded. 1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Nov. 8/6 There are fourteen drilling rigs running which employ about two crews each..Besides this there are the..pipe line gangs, roustabout gangs, carpenters, etc. 1971 C. Simpson New Austral. 518 The average young oilfield worker, called a ‘roustabout’, needed to have more than muscles. Technical competence was also called for. 2009 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Business section) 3 You will need to be 18 or over for most offshore jobs... You could..join the industry as a roustabout or roughneck and work your way up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roustaboutv. Brit. /ˈraʊstəbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: roustabout n. Etymology: < roustabout n. Compare rouseabout v. Originally U.S. intransitive. To work as a roustabout (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (intransitive)] > specific occupations in oil-drilling roustabout1881 roughneck1932 1881 Burlington (Iowa) Daily Hawk-eye 20 Mar. To engage in sawing wood, roustabouting on a steamboat, shoveling dirt on the railway or anything else that would gain for them an honest living. 1896 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 170 He ‘roustabouted’ so well that he soon owned that boat. 1934 in Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 494 When Jack is old and weatherbeat, Too old to roustabout. 1996 Independent 28 Dec. 3 He worked as a ‘greaser’ in the engine room of a ship, and spent some time roustabouting in Australia. 2007 T. Adkins Personal Stand vii. 45 I'd fly out to the rig and stay my two weeks. At first I started out roustabouting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860v.1881
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