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[syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swaggie \Swag"gie\, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swaggie
n 1: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal
belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of
work [syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]