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roustabouts

roustabouts is the plural of roustabout.

roustabouts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roustabout.

Meaning of roustabout

Noun

roustabout (plural roustabouts)

  1. (US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
    • The U. is my own Alma Mater, and I am proud to be known as an alumni, but there are certain instructors there who seem to think we ought to turn the conduct of the nation over to hoboes and roustabouts.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIV, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC

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Questions about roustabouts

What is roustabouts the plural of?
Roustabouts is the plural of roustabout.

Words near roustabouts in the dictionary

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

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