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swagman
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swag·man  (swgmn)
n. Australian
A man who seeks casual work while traveling about carrying his swag.
swagman
Noun
pl -men Austral & NZ informal a labourer who carries his personal possessions in a pack while looking for work
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Noun1.swagmanswagman - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swagger, swaggie
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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