Knockabout

A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.(Naut.)

A knockabout performer or performance.[Theat. Slang]

A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.[Colloq., Australia]

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy.[Theat. Slang]

Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of clothing.

That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.[Collog., Australia]