rouseabout
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To keep peace, he takes a job as a "rouseabout" in a shearing shed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joe Slocombe, the man who acted as groom and rouseabout, was waiting for me at the entrance gate.
From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles
If a shearer or rouseabout was good at argument, and a bit of a politician, he hadn't to slave much at Thompson's shed, for Baldy would argue with him all day and pay for it.
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
While we sat there, a rouseabout came to the door.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
At this yearly festival every owner, manager, jackeroo and rouseabout, within a hundred miles of the course, makes it a point of honour to be present.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
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