swagmen

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• swagmen — n. (term used in Australia and New Zealand) hobo, tramp, unemployed worker, beggar; hobo or itinerant worker that carries a swag …   English contemporary dictionary

• Swagman — A swagman (also called tussocker) is an old Australian term describing an underclass of transient temporary workers, who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying the traditional swag. Also characteristic of swagman attire was a hat strung… …   Wikipedia

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• swagman — /ˈswægmən / (say swagmuhn) noun (plural swagmen) 1. Australian History a man who travelled about the country on foot, living on his earnings from occasional jobs, or gifts of money or food: *A writer of the time describes two swagmen exchanging… …  

• 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) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• swagman — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• traveler — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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