swaggie
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swaggie (plural swaggies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A swagman.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 40:
- The swaggie shifted on his heels. His attitude was uncertain.
- 2015, Patricia Grace, Chappy, →ISBN, page 25:
- Gentry or not, the swaggies would go from place to place in the hope of being given work, a meal and somewhere to sleep.