swaggie n 1: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work [syn: {swagman}, {swagger}, {swaggie}]
Swaggie \Swag"gie\, n. A swagman. [Australia] [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]