swagsman

English

Etymology

From swag +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

swagsman (plural swagsmen)

1. (Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”)
2. Synonym of swagman (“middleman for stolen goods; a fence”)

References

• (middleman for stolen goods): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary