roughneck
Meanings
Plural: roughnecks
Noun
- a cruel and brutal fellow
- Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
- An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
- A labourer on an oil rig.
Verb
- To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
Origin / Etymology
From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".
Scrabble Score: 19
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Words With Friends Score: 22
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