swagman
n . [身带日用品的] 流浪汉
[身带日用品的] 流浪汉
swagman n 1 :
an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work [
synonym : {
swagman }, {
swagger }, {
swaggie }]
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 .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Swagman \
Swag "
man \,
n .
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot ; --
called also {
swagsman }, {
swagger },
and {
swaggie }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree .
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling ,
`
Who '
ll come a -
waltzing Matilda with me ?' --[
Waltzing Matilda ,
an Australian tune .]
[
PJC ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
swagman ":
Arab ,
Bowery bum ,
beach bum ,
beachcomber ,
beggar ,
beggarly fellow ,
blighter ,
bo ,
budmash ,
bum ,
bummer ,
caitiff ,
derelict ,
devil ,
dogie ,
drifter ,
drunkard ,
fence ,
floater ,
gamin ,
gamine ,
good -
for -
naught ,
good -
for -
nothing ,
guttersnipe ,
hobo ,
homeless waif ,
human wreck ,
idler ,
landloper ,
lazzarone ,
loafer ,
losel ,
lowlife ,
mauvais sujet ,
mean wretch ,
mucker ,
mudlark ,
no -
good ,
pauvre diable ,
piker ,
pilgarlic ,
poor creature ,
poor devil ,
ragamuffin ,
ragman ,
ragpicker ,
receiver ,
roadster ,
rounder ,
sad case ,
sad sack ,
shack ,
ski bum ,
skid -
row bum ,
stiff ,
stray ,
street Arab ,
street urchin ,
sundowner ,
surf bum ,
swagsman ,
tatterdemalion ,
tennis bum ,
tramp ,
traveler ,
truant ,
turnpiker ,
urchin ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
vaurien ,
waif ,
waifs and strays ,
wastrel ,
worthless fellow ,
wretch
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