Definition of Roustebout
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.]
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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (mostly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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