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swagman

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(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
Synonyms: hobo, (Australia, obsolete) sundowner, swagger, (diminutive) swaggie, swagsman, (Australia, dated) traveller, (New Zealand) tussocker; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

(Britain, archaic) A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.

(US, slang) A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Harry Pearce Papers, NLA Manuscript Collection, MS2765) citation ; swagman : a man who travelled the country looking for work. Source: Internet

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled: "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?" Source: Internet

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