swagman

swag·man

S0930200 (swăg′măn′)n. Australian A man who seeks casual work while traveling about carrying his swag.

swagman

(ˈswæɡˌmæn; -mən) n, pl -meninformal Austral and NZ a labourer who carries his personal possessions in a pack or swag while travelling about in search of work; vagrant worker. Also called: swagger or swaggie

swag•man

(ˈswæg mən)

n., pl. -men. Australian. 1. a tramp or vagabond. 2. anyone who carries a swag while traveling. [1875–80]

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swagman - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of workswagger, swaggieAustralia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colonygipsy, gypsy, itinerant - a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"