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Synonyms for roughneck


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhf-nek
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌfˌnɛk



Définition of roughneck

Origin :
  • also rough-neck, 1836, "rugged individual," from rough (adj.) + neck (n.). Original context is the Texas frontier, later adpoted to labor organization toughs. Specific sense of "oil rig worker" is recorded from 1917. Cf. redneck.
  • noun tough person
Example sentences :
  • He could almost hear passersby say "goody-good" and "roughneck."
  • Extract from : « A Boy Knight » by Martin J. (Martin Jerome) Scott
  • I copped it on the high seas—flotsam and jetsam,' says the 'roughneck.'
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure » by Rex Beach
  • But I expect one cabaret is about like another in these roughneck towns.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
  • I kind of gloried in being a roughneck, I reckon, he added with a wry smile.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
  • It was mighty slow, an' I'm still a roughneck; but I'm gettin' on.
  • Extract from : « The Mucker » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • "Afraid I'm rather a roughneck in that respect," said Dalgetty.
  • Extract from : « The Sensitive Man » by Poul William Anderson
  • Then the roughneck kicks because he got a belly full of Yukon.
  • Extract from : « The Yukon Trail » by William MacLeod Raine
  • When a roughneck does something for you, it's proper to hand him some of your loose change.
  • Extract from : « Poor Man's Rock » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • And as long as youre rooming with me—which I hope wont be long—Ill ask you to cut out that roughneck stuff.
  • Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • And maybe she was right, too, for it would be a frightful bore to have to live in such close quarters with some roughneck.
  • Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour

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