| slovo | definícia |
swagman
(encz) | swagman,tramp n: Zdeněk Brož |
swagman
(encz) | swagman,tulák n: Zdeněk Brož |
swagman
(gcide) | 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.] |
Swagman
(gcide) | 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] |
swagman
(wn) | swagman
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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
swagman
(encz) | swagman,tramp n: Zdeněk Brožswagman,tulák n: Zdeněk Brož |
swagman
(gcide) | 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.]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] |
swagman
(wn) | swagman
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] |
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