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rough⋅neck

  [ruhf-nek]
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–noun
1. a rough, coarse person; a tough.
2. any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig. Compare roustabout (def. 4).
–verb (used without object)
3. to work as a roughneck.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; rough + neck
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rough·neck   (rŭf'něk')   
n.  

  1. An uncouth person.

  2. A rowdy.

  3. A member of the crew of an oil rig other than the driller.

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