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Swag Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Swag? [n] goods or money obtained illegally [n] (informal) valuable goods [v] sway heavily or unsteadily [v] walk as if unable to control one's movements [v] droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Synonyms \| Synonyms for Swag: booty \| careen \| droop \| flag \| keel \| loot \| lurch \| pillage \| plunder \| prize \| reel \| sag \| stagger Related Terms \| Find terms related to Swag: See Also \| bag \| cut \| drop \| drop down \| rock \| shake \| sink \| slouch \| slump \| stolen property \| sway \| valuable \| walk Swag In Webster's Dictionary \Swag\, v. i. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia] \Swag\, n. [Australia] (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a {bluey}, or a {drum}. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general. He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. --Lawson. \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swagging}.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See {Sway}.] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. --Palsgrave. \Swag\, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. 2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] --Charles Reade.

Swag Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swag?

[n] goods or money obtained illegally
[n] (informal) valuable goods
[v] sway heavily or unsteadily
[v] walk as if unable to control one's movements
[v] droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

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Swag In Webster's Dictionary

\Swag\, v. i.
To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]


\Swag\, n. [Australia]
(a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas
    or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried
    on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a
    {bluey}, or a {drum}.
(b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage
    in general.

          He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed
          part of himself.                     --Lawson.


\Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swagging}.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway,
Norw. svaga to sway. See {Sway}.]
1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to
   swing. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton.

         I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
                                               --Palsgrave.


\Swag\, n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.

2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
   --Charles Reade.

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