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What is the noun for roustabouts?

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roustabout
  1. (chiefly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship, 19th c.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a Ph.D. in physical science.”
      “The race quickly becomes a contest between Borghese's Italia and the Spyker, driven by a Dutch circus roustabout.”
      “You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a PhD in physical science.”
roustabouting
  1. The work of a roustabout.
rouseabout
  1. (Australia) Alternative form of roustabout
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was probably about 12-14 years old, and presumably acted as horse-tailer and as general rouseabout while in camp.”
      “A rouseabout was first an odd-job man on a sheep station and then any kind of handyman.”
      “Shearers often allowed the rouseabout to shear the bell sheep.”
roustabouts
  1. plural of roustabout
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I hear, the boss took on two new roustabouts this morning to help with the canvas crew.”
      “The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story.”
      “This was a dangerous area, but the skilled roughnecks and the roustabouts went about their business with seamless teamwork.”
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