Roughneck
noun
1.
a rough, coarse person; a tough.
2.
any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.
Compare roustabout (def 4).
verb (used without object)
3.
to work as a roughneck.
noun (slang)
1.
a rough or violent person; thug
2.
a worker in an oil-drilling operation
roughneck
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