swagman
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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