roustabout
Example Sentences
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Shane's father, Maurice, who also described himself as something of a "roustabout", would, he said, try to read James Joyce's famously impenetrable, Finnegan's Wake with an 11-year-old Shane.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
As a former construction worker, he had the foundation, with some additional training, to begin working as a roustabout, assembling and repairing equipment in the offshore oil industry two years ago.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
Norwood Pratt is an earnest gas station employee who gets wrapped up in a roustabout grifter’s web.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
His character is a janitor and general roustabout, angling for a spot in the show.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
Nobody with a smidgen of training, not even the worst roustabout, would look right in a grown person’s face.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
