rouseabout

British  

/ ˈraʊsəˌbaʊt /

noun

1. Also called: roustabout.  an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed

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Example Sentences

To keep peace, he takes a job as a "rouseabout" in a shearing shed.

From Time Magazine Archive

A rougher person—perhaps a happier—is the rouseabout, who makes himself useful in the shearing shed.

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

They struck West-o'-Sunday Station, and the boss happened to want a rouseabout to pick up wool and sweep the floor for the shearers.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

Smith hadn't turned up, and the next rouseabout was doing his work, to the mutual dissatisfaction of all parties immediately concerned.

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