/ruf"nek'/ , n.
1. a rough, coarse person; a tough.
2. any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig. Cf. roustabout (def. 4).
v.i.
3. to work as a roughneck.
[ 1830-40, Amer.; ROUGH + NECK ]
/ruf"nek'/ , n.
1. a rough, coarse person; a tough.
2. any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig. Cf. roustabout (def. 4).
v.i.
3. to work as a roughneck.
[ 1830-40, Amer.; ROUGH + NECK ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012