swagman

IPA: swˈægmʌn

(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
(Britain, archaic) A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
(US, slang) A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.

Examples of "swagman" in Sentences

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong.....
Up got the swagman and jumped into the billabong,
But the swagman he up and jumped in the water hole
And the swagman he up and he jumped in the waterhole
Mitchell is a shrewd, kindly and philosophical swagman.
It could be said truly for some Once a jolly swagman...
Oh there once was a swagman who camped in the billabong
Typically a tucker bag was carried by a swagman or bushman.
Once a jolly swagman fell in love and then she broke his heart.
In showland, the prizes are known as swag and are supplied by a swagman.
The existence of the swagman is the happiest vagrant's life in the world.
Also characteristic of swagman attire was a hat strung with corks to ward off flies.
In any case, though I had not thought about the matter before, I guess the jolly swagman was a sheep rustler, wasn't he?
A swagman also called tussocker is an old Australian term describing an underclass of transient temporary workers, who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying the traditional swag.
OH hai, LadyM…once a jolly swagman, camped by a billagong, under da shade ub a kooliba tree and he sang as sat an wayted wile his billy boiled, yull come a waltzing matilda wif me…happy to refresh da eerwurm fur ya!