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swagman
CIDE DICTIONARY
swagman, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman , swagger , and swaggie . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?'" [PJC]
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?'" [PJC]
THESAURUS
swagman
Arab, Bowery bum, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, derelict, devil, dogie, drifter, drunkard, fence, floater, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, mudlark, no-good, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, receiver, roadster, rounder, sad case, sad sack, shack, ski bum, skid-row bum, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, traveler, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow, wretchROGET THESAURUS
swagman
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.For further exploring for "swagman" in Webster Dictionary Online