roughneck

The story

From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".

First known use, by meaning

• from 20th c. A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
• from 20th c. A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
• from 19th c. Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.