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roughneck

English

Etymology

rough +? neck

Noun

roughneck (plural roughnecks)

(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. [from 19th c.]
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer. [from 20th c.]
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig. [from 20th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 286:
  As for the minerals, there has been a good deal of drilling along the big river; trucks and roughnecks no longer garner any notice.

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Verb

roughneck (third-person singular simple present roughnecks, present participle roughnecking, simple past and past participle roughnecked)

To work as a laborer on an oil rig

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derrickman

English

Etymology

From derrick +? man.

Noun

derrickman (plural derrickmen)

A member of a oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 346:
  There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder.

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derrickman

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