roughneck in English
noun
1
a rough and uncouth person.
The roughnecks and hooligans have gone and instead families on a Saturday night dine alfresco on the broad shrub-lined pavements as though they were in Paris.
2
an oil rig worker.
He gave two-thirds of full-time employees - everyone from top management to roughnecks working on oil rigs - Net-linked laptops.
verb
1
work on an oil rig.
his savings from roughnecking are gone
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1. 9 words related to Bullyboy: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough
2. Roughneck Auger type Post Hole Digger for digging and scooping out a hole of 125mm (5in) diameter, has a hardened blade that will cut through most soils and clays