roughneck
n.
also rough-neck, 1836, "rugged individual," from rough, adj. + neck, n.. Original context is the Texas frontier, later adpoted to labor organization toughs. Specific sense of "oil rig worker" is recorded from 1917. Compare redneck.
| 词汇 | roughneck |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary roughneck n. also rough-neck, 1836, "rugged individual," from rough, adj. + neck, n.. Original context is the Texas frontier, later adpoted to labor organization toughs. Specific sense of "oil rig worker" is recorded from 1917. Compare redneck. |
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