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Definition of roughnecks in English English dictionary
- plural of roughneck
- roughneck
- Any labourer on an oil rig
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- To work as a laborer on an oil rig
- roughneck
- (Mühendislik) Roughneck (or ruffneck) is a slang term for an unskilled or slightly skilled labourer in a number of industries. In particular, it is the official name of a semi-skilled role on a North American oil rig. In Australia, a roughneck is known as an Offsider
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- A roughneck is a man who operates an oil well
- roughneck
- a rowdy or uncouth person
- roughneck
- {i} hoodlum, rowdy or tough person; worker on an oil rig; artilleryman (Military Slang)
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- disapproval If you describe a man as a roughneck, you disapprove of him because you think he is not gentle or polite, and can be violent
- roughneck
- a cruel and brutal fellow
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