About The Word Swag
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Swag
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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. |
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