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swagman
Sundowner Sun"down`er, n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners). Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. --Francis Adams.
Swagman
Swagman Swag"man, n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.

Meaning of swagman from wikipedia

- A swagman (also called a swaggie, sundowner or tussocker) was a transient labourer who traveled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a...
- over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", boiling a billy at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep)...
- Frenzal Rhomb, released in 1995. It was re-titled Once a Jolly Swagman, Always a Jolly Swagman for its 1997 U.S. release. The last of these hidden tracks...
- The Swagman Restaurant was a restaurant in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia, which opened in 1972 and was destro**** by fire in 1991. The restaurant...
- may also refer to: Swagman (comics) Swagman Restaurant, in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia Swagman (video game) The Swagman, a 1965 Australian television...
- The Swagman is a supervillain in comic books published by DC Comics. He is primarily an enemy of Batman and the Dark Ranger. Swagman begins his career...
- Swagman is a 1997 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in Europe for the Sega Saturn and in North America...
- "The Swagman" is a 1965 Australian television play. It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre on 31 March 1965 in Sydney and Melbourne. Despite being set...
- Once a Jolly Swagman (U.S. title: Maniacs on Wheels) is a 1949 British film starring Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Bill Owen, Thora Hird and Sid James...
- Death of a Swagman (1945) is a novel by Australian writer Arthur Upfield. It is the ninth of the author's novels to feature his recurring character Detective...