roughneck

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
3. noun Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
4. verb To work as a laborer on an oil rig.

Similar words

ruffian yobo yobbo bully rowdy hooligan tough yob goon ruffneck

Often followed by

who and in on with from to was like

Word family

roughnecks