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roughnecked

roughnecked is the simple past and past participle of roughneck.

Meaning of roughneck

Verb

roughneck (third-person singular simple present roughnecks, present participle roughnecking, simple past and past participle roughnecked)

  1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
    • There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for roughnecking on the North Slope […]2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in New York Times

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Questions about roughnecked

What is roughnecked the simple past and past participle of?
Roughnecked is the simple past and past participle of roughneck.

Words near roughnecked in the dictionary

  1. roughlier
  2. roughliest
  3. roughly
  4. roughly speaking
  5. roughneck
  6. roughnecked
  7. roughnecking
  8. roughnecks
  9. roughness
  10. roughness length
  11. roughness lengths

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