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Swagman
Swagman meaning
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. | A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value. | A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.
Example sentences (4)
Having set off on Sunday 15th September from Dublin, the duo battled significant aches and pains along the way before crossing the line on Wednesday at the Swagman in Sligo, greeted by a host of members and well-wishers.
Harry Pearce Papers, NLA Manuscript Collection, MS2765) citation ; swagman : a man who travelled the country looking for work.
It seems more likely that, as a swagman's only companion, the swag came to be personified as a woman.
The squatter's claim to the land may be as uncertain as the swagman's claim to the jumbuck.