Even the captain's picturesque language, as he directed the activities of the "rousters" who pulled the boat ashore, seemed less like profanity and more like figure of speech.

NEA Service, inc. (PWH); 15Jul54; R133051. Rhyme of a rouster.

NEA Service, inc. (PWH); 15Jul54; R133051. Rhyme of a rouster.

But de rousters had a big fight one night in New Orleans, shootin' an' cuttin', so I lef'.