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UK
/swˈæɡmən/
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NOUN
- an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
How To Use swagman In A Sentence
- Down came a jumbuck to drink beside the billabong Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee And he sang as he tucked to the jumbuck in his tucker-bag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The squatter sends another swagman to the billabong to trick our hero into taking a walk, the rat hands our hero to the cops, he's paid off and our hero goes to jail?
- If a swagman wants a night's lodging, he shouldn't turn up till the sun is almost on the horizon, just before it goes down. THE BLACK OPAL
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- The swagman loafer, or ‘bummer,’ times himself, especially in bad weather, to arrive at the shed just about sundown.
- the swagman filled his tuckerbag
- The song is just about resistance to heavy handed authority when the swagman in fact rejected most of the trappings of society, either out of necessity or choice.
- Stousher: nickname for someone often in a fight (or "stoush") swagman (swaggy): Generally, anyone who is walking in the "outback" with a swag. The Rising of the Court
- The Balinese onlookers tried to understand why the Australian contingent was getting all choked up by a song about a swagman who stole a sheep and then drowned himself.
- Somewhere between the jolly swagman and jumbuck, he breaks off. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff