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swag
  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods. [18th c.]
  2. (thieves' cant, uncountable) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle. [18th c.]
  3. (uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions. [late 20th c.]
  4. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.
  5. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
  6. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
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  8. Examples:
    1. “He was on his way to call on other dealers to check out their swag and to see if he could trade away some of his leftover odds and ends.”
      “The swags of curtain material draped around the bed add to the mood, recalling colonialists' luxurious homes in the Caribbean islands.”
      “People can learn how to create wonderful swags, welcome door wreaths, and mantle garlands.”
swagger
  1. Confidence, pride.
  2. A bold or arrogant strut.
  3. A prideful boasting or bragging.
  4. (Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman
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  6. Examples:
    1. “His entrance and swagger on the stage were spectacular.”
      “The bombast, condescension, arrogance and swagger all seem slightly silly in retrospect.”
      “Though there was a great deal of swagger in his talk, it was, oddly enough, rarely swagger about his military exploits.”
swagman
  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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  4. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “A valid claim to satisfaction was thus established, and the swagman showed a disposition to enforce it.”
      “The swagman dodged and parried, and soon put in a swinging blow on the left temple.”
swag
  1. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
  2. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He was on his way to call on other dealers to check out their swag and to see if he could trade away some of his leftover odds and ends.”
      “The swags of curtain material draped around the bed add to the mood, recalling colonialists' luxurious homes in the Caribbean islands.”
      “People can learn how to create wonderful swags, welcome door wreaths, and mantle garlands.”
swag
  1. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was on his way to call on other dealers to check out their swag and to see if he could trade away some of his leftover odds and ends.”
      “The swags of curtain material draped around the bed add to the mood, recalling colonialists' luxurious homes in the Caribbean islands.”
      “People can learn how to create wonderful swags, welcome door wreaths, and mantle garlands.”
swag
  1. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was on his way to call on other dealers to check out their swag and to see if he could trade away some of his leftover odds and ends.”
      “The swags of curtain material draped around the bed add to the mood, recalling colonialists' luxurious homes in the Caribbean islands.”
      “People can learn how to create wonderful swags, welcome door wreaths, and mantle garlands.”
swagsman
  1. (Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman
swaggerer
  1. One who swaggers.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Back in 1956 Jonathan Flynn was a hard-drinking young swaggerer and self-proclaimed Next Great American Poet.”
      “Daniel Mays is the young swaggerer who dresses in a suit for his commute, even though he works as a lowly carpenter.”
      “The new president of the company could hardly be described as a swaggerer or a posturer, and he won't be making any idle threats about strike action.”
swaggering
swaggerings
swaggerers
swagsmen
  1. plural of swagsman
swagmen
swaggers
  1. plural of swagger
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As he swaggers into the Citizens' Theatre, the 24-year-old is in personal and professional rude health.”
      “However, it is Ejiofor's film as he swaggers around in heels or confronts the ghosts of the past with equal aplomb.”
      “At 6pm, Masters, rum in pocket, swaggers down the street like a dishevelled Pied Piper with about 60 young devotees straggling along behind him.”
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