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lying about on every side."

1896. `The Argus,' March 23, p.5, col. 1:

"The minister's house is the sure mark for every stone-broke
swagger in search of clothes or victuals."

1896. `Southern Standard' (New Zealand), [page not given]:

"An ardent young lady cyclist of Gore, who goes very long
journeys on her machine, was asked by a lady friend if she was
not afraid of swaggers on the road. `Afraid of them?' she
said, `why, I take tea with them!'"

1896. `The Champion,' Jan. 4, p. 3, col. 3:

"He [Professor Morris] says that `swagger' is a variant of
`swagman.' This is equally amusing and wrong."

[Nevertheless, he now says it once again.]

<hw>Swaggie</hw>, <i>n</i>. a humorous variation on swagman.

1892. E. W. Horning, `Under Two Skies,' p. 109:

"Here's a swaggie stopped to camp, with flour for a damper,
and a handful of tea for the quart-pot, as safe as the bank."

<hw>Swagman</hw>, <i>n</i>. a man travelling through the bush
carrying a <i>Swag</i> (q.v.), and seeking employment. There
are variants, <i>Swagger</i> (more general in New Zealand),
<i>Swaggie</i>, and <i>Swagsman</i>. The <i>Sundowner</i>,
<i>Traveller</i>, or New Zealand <i>Tussocker</i>, is not
generally a seeker for work.

1890. `The Argus,' June 7, p. 4, col. 2:

"The regular swagman carrying his ration bags, which will
sometimes contain nearly twenty days' provender in flour and
sugar and tea."

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 156:

"We pulled up a swagman. He was walking very slow; he was a
bit lame too. His swag wasn't heavy, for he had only a rag of
a blue blanket, a billy of water in his hand, and very little
else."

1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Jan. 25:

"Under the electric light in the quadrangle of the Exhibition
they will give tableaux, representing the murder of a swagman
by a native and the shooting of the criminal by a black
tracker."

1897. `The Argus,' Jan. 11, p. 7, col. 2:

"The Yarra has claimed many swagman in the end, but not all
have died in full travelling costume . . . a typical
back-blocks traveller. He was grey and grizzled, but well fed,
and he wore a Cardigan jacket, brown moleskin trousers, blucher
boots, and socks, all of which were mended with rough patches.
His knife and tobacco, his odds and ends, and his purse,
containing 14 1/2d., were still intact, while across his
shoulder was a swag, and the fingers of his right hand had
tightly closed round the