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swagman

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈswæɡmæn/Part of speech nounSorted aagmnswStarts with SEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a male itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

Word origin

From swag (“items stolen by a thief; unlawfully obtained goods; (Australia, New Zealand) bundle of personal items carried by a tramp, traveller, etc.”) + man.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he class who exercise the most depressing influence on these rates, little as the unhappy men think themselves so, will be found to consist of idlers and swagmen.
  • Oh! there once was a swagman camped in a Billabong, / Under the shade of a Coolabah tree; / And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling, / "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
  • She was not afraid of horsemen; but swagmen, going to, or worse, coming from the dismal, drunken little township, a day′s journey beyond, terrified her. One had called at the house today, and asked for tucker.

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