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rig pig en · NOUN
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(qualifier:oil industry, slang) A worker on an oil rig; a roughneck.
You are truly a fucking champion and thank you for bringing a smile to a rig pig's wife!
2007, Paul Carter, This Is Not a Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield, page 238:And, of course, they can maintain control of half a dozen shit-scared rig pigs.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse, page 95:"Rig pigs are welders that drive souped up pick-up trucks with all their gear in the back and they spend weeks at sites welding. […]" "[…] You should know that. You're from Alberta!"
2006, Laurie Hannan, The Gamble, page 118:
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