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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Swag

· IPA /swæɡ/
01 v. i. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging
  1. 1.
    To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To sink down by its weight; to sag.
    “I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.” — Palsgrave.
  3. 3.
    To tramp carrying a swag.[Australia]
02 n. A swaying, irregular motion.
  1. 1.
    A swaying, irregular motion.
  2. 2.
    A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.[Cant or Slang]
  3. 3.
    A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey, or a drum.[Australia] Also: bluey, drum
    “He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself.” — Lawson.