(a) a man engaged in the ‘swag-trade’ or who keeps a ‘swag-shop’ (see compounds 2); (b) Australian and New Zealand, a man who travels with a ‘swag’.
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| 释义 | society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > carrying belongings (12) swagman1851 (a) a man engaged in the ‘swag-trade’ or who keeps a ‘swag-shop’ (see compounds 2); (b) Australian and New Zealand, a man who travels with a ‘swag’. swagger1855 Australian and New Zealand. One who carries a swag; a swagman. swagsman1869 †(a) = swagman n. (b); (b) (see quot. 1890). swaggie1892 A swagman. bagman1896 A tramp (who carries his personal effects in a bag); a swagman (swagman n. (b) at swag, n.1 compounds 1). Australian. drummer1898 slang (Australian and New Zealand). A tramp; a swagman. Cf. drum, n.1 13. Now disused. battler1900 spec. A swagman (swagman n. (b) at swag, n.1 compounds 1). Australian. bindle-man1900 A bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll carried by a tramp. Hence bindle-man n., bindle-stiff a tramp who carries such a… bindle-stiff1900 A bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll carried by a tramp. Hence bindle-man n., bindle-stiff a tramp who carries such a… bluey-humper1903 a person who carries a bluey (sense B. 2a); = swagman n. (b) at swag, n.1 compounds 1; see hump, v. 2. bag lady1972 a homeless woman, often elderly, who carries her possessions in shopping bags; = shopping-bag lady n. at shopping, n.2 compounds 2. bag woman1977 A homeless woman who carries her personal possessions in bags; = bag lady n. at bag, n. additions. |
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