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What is a swagman?

What is a swagman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Australia, historical) An itinerant person who walks from farm to farm carrying a swag and seeking work, often in exchange for food and lodging.
  2. (US, slang) A fence, a middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
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A valid claim to satisfaction was thus established, and the swagman showed a disposition to enforce it.
The squatter sends another swagman to the billabong to trick our hero into taking a walk, the rat hands our hero to the cops, he's paid off and our hero goes to jail?
The Balinese onlookers tried to understand why the Australian contingent was getting all choked up by a song about a swagman who stole a sheep and then drowned himself.
The existence of the swagman is the happiest vagrant's life in the world.
The swagman turned slowly and regarded cabby with a quiet grin.
At Coongarrie I gave a swagman a lift, and he helped me with the camels and loads, until at last Coolgardie was reached.

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