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swagman

swagman


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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}.