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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Roustabout'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/roustabout.html. 1828.
 
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