Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Roustabout e nuovo vocabolario online

Dear All,
"The Bell [pub] was crowded and *roustabout* on market day."
Per *roustabout* trovo marinaio, mozzo, portuale, bracciante.
Ci troviamo in una cittadina della campagna inglese. Immagino vorrà dire
semplicemente "caotico" or something, ma non è strano?
Intanto ho trovato un vocabolario per me nuovo, ma forse non per voi.
Comunque, nel dubbio:
http://www.wordwebonline.com/
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Ciao,
Anna

 
http://www.wordwebonline.com/
Ottimo, è anche "multispelling" :)
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In the US, the noun "roustabout" is used to describe a circus workman
or laborer.
It is also used for an unskilled laborer on a ship or an oil rig. In
the US Navy, the term
"boatswain" is the equivalent of "roustabout".
In your citation, the word seems to be an adjective, but I have never
seen it used
that way.
Is this the same writer you have been working on for some time now?
Joe from Massachusetts

 Is this the same writer you have been working on for some time now?
Well, I already translated another book by this author, months ago (I
finished it in january), and in that novel I noticed a strange use of
adjectives, too. I also discussed some translation problems with you people
here on the ng.
The author is English, born in 1954. Does this help? :)
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Ciao,
Anna

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In the US, roustabout is a noun, and is most associated with the
circus, to describe the rough-and-tumble men who have a dozen jobs,
including raising the tent.
I have never seen it used as an adjective.
It may be different in the UK. It sounds very strange to me as an
adjective, but I guess any noun can be used adjectivally. (?)
Joe from Massachusetts

 adjective, but I guess any noun can be used adjectivally. (?)
Capisco. Effettivamente, cercando in rete, non ho trovato da nessuna parte
la parola usata "adjectivally". Credo sia senz'altro una licenza del
personaggio.
Grazie!
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Ciao,
Anna

 I have never seen it used as an adjective.
How about this sentence I've just made up?
"Jimmy was a weird guy: he had a dozen jobs in the circus just like a
roustabout, wore a black jacket like the one wore by Elvis in the movie
"Roustabout", and even had a wild roustabout expression stamped on his
face... but he actually was a clever lion tamer." 

 including raising the tent.
It also stands for "somebody employed for casual work". Could the 
sentence mean that the pub was packed up with transient laborers?
Tabhall

 sentence mean that the pub was packed up with transient laborers?
Qualcosa del genere, sě. I lavoratori del mercato si possono considerare
'transient', credo :)
Grazie!
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Ciao,
Anna

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Transient laborers, sometimes called "day laborers" usually aren't
interested in relocating, but are only interested in finding any
short-term work, often for just one day. A "roustabout" is usually a
very physically fit man, who is willing to relocate, even for a very
long time, to do unskilled but very physically demanding work, which
is fairly well paid, such as the physically demanding work manning oil
rigs, or the shipboard tasks required to maintain the seaworthiness of
a vessel. In the circus, they do the demanding physical work, and also
fill in as barkers, vendors, and security personnel. They travel with
the circus. They are never performers in the circus, but support the
physical plant of the circus. There is another word, "roughneck",
which is also sometimes used to describe oil-rig workers who are
directly involved in the drilling operation, and is sometimes used
synonomous with "roustabout".
"Roustabout" and "roughneck" are not normally used to refer to the
type of individual who is just looking for casual work for a day or
two. Most casual laborers would not qualify as "roustabouts".
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1099/
Joe from Massachusetts

 
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1099/
Anna, perfetto per una nota a pie' di pagina, nevvero? (faccina sorridente)
Bye, FB
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isterica."
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 Anna, perfetto per una nota a pie' di pagina, nevvero? (faccina sorridente)
*sigh*...
:)
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Ciao,
Anna

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I think FB has finally found a means of financing his long-awaited
sojourn in the British Isles.
Joe from Massachusetts