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swaggie

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swaggie [ˈswægɪ]
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Austral and NZ slang short for swagman
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Noun1.swaggie - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of workswaggie - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swagger, swagman
Australia, 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 colony
gipsy, gypsy, itinerant - a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
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