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Definition of swaggie in English: swaggienoun ˈswaɡi Australian, NZ informal A person carrying a swag or a bundle of belongings; a swagman. swaggies turned up from time to time, hoping Mrs Barlow would give them flour or sugar Example sentencesExamples - She married Arthur Woods in 1929 and became renowned for feeding passing swaggies, who left marks on her gate to indicate this was the place for a good feed.
- No more would the swaggies need to walk as the crow flies as the Princes Highway was opened, linking Sydney to Adelaide via Melbourne.
- Where explorers died of thirst we now drive, where diggers and swaggies fossicked and hid from the law, we now drive.
- The swaggies always look away, or down; their hats are visors, and he never sees the colour of a swaggie's eyes.
- Bert was in charge of a few scraggly swaggies who were working for their keep.
- The swaggie was last seen heading off up George Street complete with swag looking for a place to stay the night.
- Since the 1880s, the national culture has celebrated the underdog - the Eureka gold miners, sheep stealing swaggies, renegade bushrangers, and striking shearers.
Origin Late 19th century: abbreviation of swagman. |