swagman

IPA: swˈægmʌn

noun

  • (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.
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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!

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