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roustabout

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as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port sought work as a roustabout on the city's seedy waterfront

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“Roustabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roustabout. Accessed 29 Nov. 2022.

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