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Definition of Rouster

1. a wharf laborer and deckhand [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouster

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Literary usage of Rouster

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1. Place Names in Strathbogie: With Notes Historical, Antiquarian, and Descriptive by James MacDonald (1891)
"The rouster must therefore terminate where the descriptive name ceases to be applicable, which is at the junction with the main stream. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"rouster, roustabout (American), originally any very powerful fellow, now applied to a rough who hangs about anywhere for work, and specially to a deck hand, ..."

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