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   rouseabout

   /ˈraʊsəbaʊt/

   noun

   • 1. an unskilled labourer or odd jobber on a farm, especially in a shearing shed. Australian, New Zealand

   Word Origin mid 18th century: originally dialect in the sense ‘person who roams around’, from the verb rouse.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   ROUSEABOUT definition: 1. a person whose job involves heavy unskilled work 2. a person whose job involves heavy unskilled…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of ROUSEABOUT is an unskilled worker.

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   Australian and New Zealand an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed Also called: roustabout.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Rouse-about..implies coarseness, roughness, awkwardness, yet withal bustling activity. (A jocular term for) a person who fusses, a fusser. A person who gads or gads about; (now ) one who goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; a gadabout. A person (esp. a woman) who ‘gads’ about the streets.

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   rouseabout meaning: 1. a person whose job involves heavy unskilled work 2. a person whose job involves heavy unskilled…. Learn more.

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   Define rouseabout. rouseabout synonyms, rouseabout pronunciation, rouseabout translation, English dictionary definition of rouseabout. n 1. Austral and NZ an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed. Also called: roustabout 2.

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   rouseabout volume_up UK /ˈraʊsəbaʊt/ noun ( Australian and New Zealand English ) an unskilled labourer or odd jobber on a farm , especially in a shearing shed Examples They were local youth without permanent employment , who rotate from local casual jobs , rouseabouts, working in supermarket , pub .

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   rouseabout (plural rouseabouts) ( Australia ) Alternative form of roustabout 1872 August 31, “ A Tour to the South ”, in Town & Country Journal , pages 272–3 :

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    Rouseabout definition: an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed. See examples of ROUSEABOUT used in a sentence.

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