roust

• Looks like you'll soon be whinin' for me not to shoot, just like Ranse did If any one had cared to notice, the colored roust-about might have been seen at that moment vanishing out of the back door to a zone of safety. —  A Man Four-Square
• Things were constantly happening and George Arnold put aside some of his unhappiness by engaging in river activities My first job on the river was as a roust-about on the Bolliver H Cook a stern wheel packet which carried freight and passengers from Nashville, Tennessee to Evansville, Indiana. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives
• On that boat I worked as a roust-about for nearly three years What did the roust-about have to do?" —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives
• "The roust-about is no better than the mate that rules him. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives
• If the mate is kindly disposed the roust-about has an easy enough life. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives

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