| 单词 | swagsman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswagsman swagsman n. †(a) = swagman n. (b); (b) (see quot. 1890). ΘΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] > one who takes charge of goods swagsman1869 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > carrying belongings swagman1851 swagger1855 swagsman1869 swaggie1892 bagman1896 drummer1898 battler1900 bindle-man1900 bindle-stiff1900 bluey-humper1903 bag lady1972 bag woman1977 1869 in W. M. Hugo Hist. First Bushmen's Club Austral. Colonies (1872) 30 A swagsman, and not ashamed to own it. I have done the ‘wallaby’ for years past in search of a billet. 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xv. 212 One source of annoyance to the squatters is the ‘swagsmen’..or men who travel about the country, professedly in search of work, but who do not in reality want it. 1879 J. B. Stephens Drought & Doctrine in Wks. 309 (Farmer) A swagsman..with our bottle at his lips. 1880 G. Sutherland Tales of Goldfields 89 One of these prospecting swagsmen was journeying towards Maryborough. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Swagsman,..an accomplice who takes charge of the plunder. < as lemmas |
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