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Julia Huong
2022-05-26 04:05
Roughneck informal word
Used to indicate a tough, brutal, and violent person, especially a man.
He is a roughneck. I want you to stay away from him, Mimi.
That roughneck dashed into the first-aid ward, which scared the doctors.
A worker on an oil rig.
Some roughnecks are claiming a 12% pay rise.
The strike began last weekend after a roughneck had been sacked.
To work on an oil rig as a worker.
My father has been roughnecking for 12 years, and now he wants to quit the job.
The verb "roughneck" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
To overcome some disadvantage or get out of a bad situation when you have already lost a lot of time for it
We love Tim but we all think that it's impossible he can make up leeway and win first place in the race.
