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Roughneck

A roughneck is a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig. The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the word as part of their name or logo.

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Oil field roughnecks

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Roughneck

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples50
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Roughneck

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related to Cultural references · 25
Roughneck → Aberdeen Roughnecks, American Ultimate Disc League, AUDL, BAFA National Leagues, Calgary Roughnecks, Dallas, Houston Roughnecks, In, In Chapter, Indoor Football League, Jay Gatsby, National Hockey League, Nick Carraway, North American Soccer League, One, Roughnecks, The, The Edmonton Oilers, The Great Gatsby, The West Texas Roughnecks
related to Oil field roughnecks · 23
Roughneck → Acting, Also, An, Boilerman, Chainhand, Derrickhand, Driller, Floorhand, Ginsel, In, Iron, Leadhand/Floorhand, Motorman, On, Pit Watcher, Responsible, Roustabout, The, This, Though
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Roughneck → person whose occupation is hard manual labor
used for · 1
Roughneck → those who worked on the floor of a drilling rig handling specialised drilling equipment for drilling and pressure controls

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roughnecks drilling also rig oil responsible work hand used roustabout floor term well crew position operations rigs league several use

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Roughneckis aperson whose occupation is hard manual labor0.90text
Roughneckused forthose who worked on the floor of a drilling rig handling specialised drilling equipment for drilling and pressure controls0.80text
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesThe Edmonton Oilers0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesNational Hockey League0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesThe0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesCalgary Roughnecks0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesTulsa Roughnecks0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesNorth American Soccer League0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesUnited Soccer Leagues0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesTulsa Roughnecks FC0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesUSL0.60section
Roughneckrelated to Cultural referencesThe West Texas Roughnecks0.60section

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