English Explanatory Dictionary

swagman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
  3. A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.

Pronunciation

/ˈswæɡmæn/ En-au-swagman.ogg /ˈswæɡˌmæn/ /ˈswɛɡmɛn/

Word forms

swagman swagmen

Etymology

From swag (“items stolen by a thief; unlawfully obtained goods; (Australia, New Zealand) bundle of personal items carried by a tramp, traveller, etc.”) + man.

Synonyms

hobo sundowner swagger swaggie swagsman traveller tussocker bum stiff casual clochard derelict dero down-and-out down-and-outer drifter epithite floater gadling Jack out of doors knight of the road landleaper landloper landlouper nomad paker palliard pike piker ranger rogue rolling stone rough sleeper scatterling skelder skell stroller stumblebum swagman toerag tramp truant vagabond vagrant wanderer waif yagger

Related words

swag swag it

Derived words

swagger swaggie
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