swagman in English
Homeless men were, in Australia, known as ‘ swagmen ’ ‘cause they carried a swag around with them, which was a rolled up sleeping mat and waterproof blanket.
Use "swagman" in a sentence
1. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong.
2. The Brigand is one of four bosses in Alltrades Abbey (present), along with Swagman, the Rogue, and Putric Stinkenheimer
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4. ‘The bunyip lives in creeks, swamps, and Billabongs and has a loud, bellowing cry.’ ‘The little fish were trapped in Billabongs, which were drying out.’ ‘He was cleaning weeds out of Billabongs up in the Northern Territory when he was a teenager.’ ‘Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,’