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swagman |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sundowner \Sun"down`er\, n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work -- called also {traveler} and {swagman} (but not all swagmen are sundowners). Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. --Francis Adams. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swagman \Swag"man\, n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also {swagsman}, {swagger}, and {swaggie}.
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