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Roughneck meaning
A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. | A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks. | Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
Example sentences (5)
That led to employment by the most serious of news organizations, CBS, which did not cotton to his scrappy style until he bonded with producer Don Hewitt (“two roughneck kids,” Wallace says) and helped “60 Minutes” take off.
If “Name on It” serves as a preview for his Ten65 performance, J. Simon should hit the crowd with Mobile-centric batch of roughneck bounces.
Carlson, Roughneck, 200 Debs was probably the only person who could have saved Haywood's seat.
Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 159. The Cooper Union speech was the beginning of a split between Bill Haywood and the Socialist Party, leading to the split between the factions of the IWW, one faction loyal to the Socialist Party, and the other to Haywood.
Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 183. Haywood was purged from the National Executive Committee by passage of an amendment that focused on the direct action and sabotage tactics advocated by the IWW.