SWAG

Swag

In Australia and New Zealand, a swag is a portable sleeping unit. It is normally a bundle of belongings rolled in a traditional fashion to be carried by a foot traveller in the bush. Before motor transport was common, foot travel over long distances was essential to agriculture in the Australian bush. It is sometimes referred to as a "backpack bed".

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swag

Noun

  1. A loop of draped fabric.
  2. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. The booty of a burglar or thief; a boodle.
  2. Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.
  3. The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
  4. A small single-person tent, usually foldable in to an integral backpack.
  5. A large quantity (of something).

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. ; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
    I can take a swag at the answer, but it may not be right.

Verb

  1. To sway; to cause to sway.
  2. To droop; to sag.
  3. To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).


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