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   Swag , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging .] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.]
   To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.]
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   To sink down by its weight; to sag.
   Sir H. Wotton.
   
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   I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
   Palsgrave.
   
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   To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]
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   Swag, n.
   A swaying, irregular motion.
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   A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
   Charles Reade.
   
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   [Australia] (a) 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. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.
   He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself.
   Lawson.
   
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