: having the characteristics of or suitable for a roughneck
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Noun
a town overrun by roughnecks
a group of roughnecks like to hang out at the roadhouse and harass people
Adjective
their roughneck antics were amusing only if you were as drunk as they were
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1989, Panguna shuttered, and its roughnecks fled from Arawa.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Trey Smoak’s roughneck monitor lizard was out of his sight for about 10 minutes Friday when the Crowley resident went to put up groceries.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Landman, set in the oil fields of West Texas, is punctuated by extensive diatribes from Tommy about the oil industry’s importance, the tragic necessity of landmen and roughnecks, and the fallacy of placing society’s hope on renewable energy.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1989, Panguna shuttered, and its roughnecks fled from Arawa.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
That sequence feels like it might have been made by one of those roughneck filmmakers in the early days of Hollywood, just hauling a lot of equipment and stuntmen out to the desert and risking their lives to make some crazed, truly dangerous action set piece.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Trey Smoak’s roughneck monitor lizard was out of his sight for about 10 minutes Friday when the Crowley resident went to put up groceries.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Roughneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughneck. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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