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English Dictionary: SWAG/ by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swag \Swag\, v. i.
      To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swag \Swag\, n. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swag \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}.]
      1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to
            swing. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton.
  
                     I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
                                                                              --Palsgrave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swag \Swag\, n.
      1. A swaying, irregular motion.
  
      2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang]
            --Charles Reade.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SWAG
  
      Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess.   A term used by
      technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large
      projects.
  
      (2000-08-09)
  
  
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