- roughneck (n.)
[roughneck 词源字典]
- also rough-neck, 1836, "rugged individual," from rough (adj.) + neck (n.). Original context is the Texas frontier, later adpoted to labor organization toughs. Specific sense of "oil rig worker" is recorded from 1917. Compare redneck.[roughneck etymology, roughneck origin, 英语词源]