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
- 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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