Definition of SWAGMAN

swagman

Meanings

Plural: swagmen

Noun

  • an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
  • A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
  • A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
  • A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.

Origin / Etymology

From swag (“items stolen by a thief; unlawfully obtained goods; (Australia, New Zealand) bundle of personal items carried by a tramp, traveller, etc.”) + man.

Synonyms

bum, casual, clochard, derelict, dero, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drifter, epithite, floater, gadling, hobo, Jack out of doors, knight of the road, landleaper, landloper, landlouper, nomad, paker, palliard, pike, piker, ranger, rogue, rolling stone, rough sleeper, scatterling, skelder, skell, stroller, stumblebum, sundowner, swagger, swaggie, swagman, swagsman, toerag, tramp, traveller, truant, tussocker, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wanderer, yagger

Scrabble Score: 13

swagman is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
swagman is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
swagman is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

swagman is a valid Words With Friends word