swagman
Plural: swagmen
Noun
- An Australian itinerant worker, often carrying a 'swag' or bedroll.
- 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.
Examples
- Finding SWAGMAN on his rack was a lucky break, worth many points.
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
swagger, swaggie, Jack out of doors, bum, casual, clochard, derelict, dero, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drifter, epithite, floater, gadling, hobo, knight of the road, landleaper, landloper, landlouper, nomad, paker, palliard, pike, piker, ranger, rogue, rolling stone, rough sleeper, scatterling, skelder, skell, stroller, stumblebum, sundowner, swagman, swagsman, toerag, tramp, traveller, truant, tussocker, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wanderer, yagger
Scrabble Score: 13
swagman: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordswagman: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
swagman: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary