The job replaced last year's loser, roustabout, also known as an oil rig worker.

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He is proud of having been a youthful deckhand on an Arctic salvage boat and a roustabout in the Alberta oilfields.

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The decision came in a case concerning the physical and verbal abuse directed at Joseph Oncale, an oil-rig roustabout, by fellow male workers.

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Meanwhile Jonny, 35, spent summers working in Cross Timbers' fields, first as a construction worker, known as a roustabout, then as a gager, checking oil levels and reading gas meters.

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Allen is the ruffian roustabout who left school at age 15 to support his family, moved to Alaska to work on the oil platforms, and eventually built his own business becoming the state's largest private employer and making a fortune.

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