ours mal léché — meaning in English
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English meaning
- roughneck noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
Senses
ours mal léché is used for these senses in English:
- roughneck (colloquial, chiefly, US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. [from 19th c.]
roughneck — full definition
- noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
- noun A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
- noun Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
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