swagsman

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From swag +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

swagsman (plural swagsmen)

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

References[edit]

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