Translations for „roughneck“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . ˈrough·neck N

1. roughneck esp Am, Aus inf (rude person):

roughneck

Rohling m pej

roughneck

Grobian m pej

2. roughneck (oil rig worker):

roughneck

Bohrarbeiter(in) m (f)

II . ˈrough·neck VB intr

roughneck

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English

During this period he worked as a farm hand, salesman, cowboy, a roughneck on oil rigs, and as a maritime seaman.

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Once the sport of roughnecks, roller-skating has been taken up by the best people of all ages.

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This is also derogatory insult among roughnecks.

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On more than one occasion, the bailiff would be forced to clear the courtroom in the roughneck manner of a nightclub bouncer.

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The objective of the show is to make the transformation from a roughneck to a sophisticated gentleman within the given time.

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In the wild the black roughneck monitor is very rarely seen, but whether this is because of its rarity or its very secretive behavior is uncertain.

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After that he worked on farms, as a roughneck and later as an insurance broker.

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The objective of the show is to make the transformation from a roughneck to a sophisticated gentleman.

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The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.

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Although a dynamic communicator, his unconventional delivery, born out of an oilfield roughneck upbringing, made him an ill fit for the traditional pastorate.

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