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roustabouted

roustabouted is the simple past and past participle of roustabout.

Meaning of roustabout

Verb

roustabout (third-person singular simple present roustabouts, present participle roustabouting, simple past and past participle roustabouted)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a roustabout.
    • When Jack is old and weatherbeat, / Too old to roustabout, / In some rum-shop they’ll let him stop, / At eight bells he’s turned out.1896, John Thomas (attributed), “Get Up, Jack! John, Sit Down!”, in John A[very] Lomax, Alan Lomax, editors, American Ballads and Folk Songs, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published 1934...

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Questions about roustabouted

What is roustabouted the simple past and past participle of?
Roustabouted is the simple past and past participle of roustabout.

Words near roustabouted in the dictionary

  1. Roussy
  2. Roussy-Lévy areflexic dystasia
  3. Roussy-Lévy syndrome
  4. roust
  5. roustabout
  6. roustabouted
  7. roustabouting
  8. roustabouts
  9. rousted
  10. rouster
  11. rousters

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