Roustabout

n.

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A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.

Noun

1.

roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor Synonyms: deckhand

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