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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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).
Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then
come in with the demand for unrefusable rations.
--Francis
Adams.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Swagman \Swag"man\, 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?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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).
Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then
come in with the demand for unrefusable rations.
--Francis
Adams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
swagman
n : an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal
belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of
work [syn: swagger, swaggie]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
swagman
n.
1 (lb en Australia New Zealand historical) A man who travel#Verb
around with a (l en swag t=bundle#Noun bundle of personal#Adjective
personal items); specifically, an itinerant#Adjective person, often
seeking work#Noun in exchange#Noun for food and lodging#Noun.
2 (lb en Britain archaic) A person who sell#Verb or trade#Verb in
trinkets or items of low#Adjective value#Noun.
3 (lb en US slang) A middleman who buy#Verb and sells
stolen#Adjective goods; a fence#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
swagman
n.
1 (lb en Australia New Zealand historical) A man who travel#Verb
around with a (l en swag t=bundle#Noun bundle of personal#Adjective
personal items); specifically, an itinerant#Adjective person, often
seeking work#Noun in exchange#Noun for food and lodging#Noun.
2 (lb en Britain archaic) A person who sell#Verb or trade#Verb in
trinkets or items of low#Adjective value#Noun.
3 (lb en US slang) A middleman who buy#Verb and sells
stolen#Adjective goods; a fence#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
swagman
n.
1 (lb en Australia New Zealand historical) A man who travel#Verb
around with a (l en swag t=bundle#Noun bundle of personal#Adjective
personal items); specifically, an itinerant#Adjective person, often
seeking work#Noun in exchange#Noun for food and lodging#Noun.
2 (lb en Britain archaic) A person who sell#Verb or trade#Verb in
trinkets or items of low#Adjective value#Noun.
3 (lb en US slang) A middleman who buy#Verb and sells
stolen#Adjective goods; a fence#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
swagman
n.
1 (lb en Australia New Zealand historical) A man who travel#Verb
around with a (l en swag t=bundle#Noun bundle of personal#Adjective
personal items); specifically, an itinerant#Adjective person, often
seeking work#Noun in exchange#Noun for food and lodging#Noun.
2 (lb en Britain archaic) A person who sell#Verb or trade#Verb in
trinkets or items of low#Adjective value#Noun.
3 (lb en US slang) A middleman who buy#Verb and sells
stolen#Adjective goods; a fence#Noun.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
swagman /swˈaɡmən/
tulák
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
swagman /swˈaɡmən/
tramp
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
swagman /swˈaɡmən/
[Austr.] [NZ] Herumtreiber , Landstreicher , Stadtstreicher , Tramp , Tippelbruder [Dt.] [ugs.] , Stromer , Streuner , Vagabund [veraltend] [pej.]
Synonyms: vagrant, tramp, down-and-out, king of the road, knight of the road, dosser, hobo, bum, bagman, sundowner, derro, vagabond
see: vagrants, tramps, kings of the road, knights of the road, dossers, hobos, bums, bagmen, sundowners, swagmen, derros, vagabonds, young vagrant, teenage vagrant
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wretch
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. [身带日用品的] 流浪汉
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