ROUGHNECK

bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo

(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

roughneck (plural roughnecks)

(colloquial, chiefly, US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. [from 19th c.]

(colloquial, chiefly, US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer. [from 20th c.]

(colloquial, chiefly, US) A labourer on an oil rig. [from 20th c.]

Verb

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

To work as a laborer on an oil rig

Source: Wiktionary

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