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Definition of Swagsman
1. n. A swagman.
Definition of Swagsman
1. a swagman [n SWAGSMEN] - See also: swagman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swagsman
Literary usage of Swagsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Ill : " Idleness being the mainspring of the journeys of the
swagsman (Anglice, 'tramp')." 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, ' Colonial Reformer," c. xix. p. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"309): " Rememberin' the needful, I gets up an' quietly slips To the porch to
see—a swagsman— with our bottle at his lips.' 1880. G. Sutherland, ' Tales of ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Henry Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams (1902)
"The incidence of taxation continues substantially as before ; the relative
contributions of swagsman and squatter to the common fund are as before; ..."
4. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1889)
"This is the swagsman. He may be young or old. When you draw up alongside he may
give you a civil greeting and ask you how he is steering for this or the ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"swagsman (thieves), an accomplice who takes charge of the plunder. Swag,
to (thieves), originally to carry off as plunder, but extended to carrying off ..."
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