Swagman
ahd-5
noun.
A man who seeks casual work while traveling about carrying his swag.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A seller of low-priced trashy goods, trinkets, etc.
noun.
A man who travels in search of employment: so called because he carries his swag, or bundle of clothes, blanket, etc. Also
swags-man, swagger.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also
swagsman
,
swagger
, and
swaggie
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An
itinerant
person who walks from farm to farm carrying a
swag
and seeking work, often in exchange for food and lodging.
noun.
A
fence
, a middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
Word Usage
"The existence of the swagman is the happiest vagrant's life in the world."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
Gipsy
Gypsy
itinerant
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Sicilian
bass viol
battlegroup
blackfellow
boy-friend
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Arab
Bowery bum
beach bum
beachcomber
beggar
variant
swagger
swaggie
swagsman