Definition of Swagsman

1. n. A swagman.

Definition of Swagsman

1. a swagman [n SWAGSMEN] - See also: swagman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swagsman

swaggerers
swaggering
swaggeringly
swaggers
swaggery
swaggie
swaggies
swagging
swaggy
swaging
swagman
swagmen
swags
swagshop
swagshops
swagsman (current term)
swagsmen
swail
swails
swain
swaining
swainings
swainish
swainishness
swainishnesses
swainling
swainlings
swainmote
swainmotes
swains

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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