Some terms had (and have) a limited lifespan, but no word once printed is ever lost from the language entirely, and shortlived expressions are often significant markers of a particular historical era ( 'swaggie', 'six o'clock swill', 'Rogernomics'). From Wordnik.com. [Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand] Reference
The meaning here may be that the swaggie spends much of his time in jail. From Wordnik.com. [With My Swag Upon My Shoulder] Reference
Had it not been for the horse and the dogs he might have hoped for a swaggie or some down-and-out wayfarer caught, trapped. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Once a jolly jumbuck camped by a billabong under the shade of a swaggie it seems and he sang and he watched while Conzinc mined uranium. From Wordnik.com. [John Howard's glowing futures] Reference
"Some poor old beggar of a swaggie, I expect," Jim said. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
"He's certainly not the ordinary swaggie," Norah said slowly. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
Mrs. Brown gave him bread and flour and tea and some cake – a real good haul for any swaggie. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
Norah and I were a bit scared about the swaggie, and wondered what he'd try to do; but Dad only laughed at us. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
I've ridden from Mulgoa to-day, and I came to ask if your people had seen anything of such a chap passing – as a swaggie or anything?. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
"Of course, a beaten track to your camp would be nothing more or less than an invitation to any swaggie or black fellow to follow it up.". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
Len and the other fellow, a chap called Sam Baker, pegged away up the creek as hard as they could go, but feeling pretty blue about catching the swaggie. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
The Northern Star caught up with the swaggie walking on the Clarence Way last Friday, bound for Ballarat in Victoria and carrying everything he owns on his back. From Wordnik.com. [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference
He landed the swaggie first with one fist and then with the other, and the swaggie reckoned he'd been struck by a thunderbolt when they fished him out of the creek, where he had rolled!. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
His vanity to be considered a socialistic fellow, who was as ready to take a glass with a swaggie as a swell, and the lavish shouting which this principle incurred, made great inroads on his means. From Wordnik.com. [My Brilliant Career] Reference
"Mrs. Brown gave him bread and flour and tea and some cake -- a real good haul for any swaggie. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
I've ridden from Mulgoa to-day, and I came to ask if your people had seen anything of such a chap passing -- as a swaggie or anything? ". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
"Len and the other fellow, a chap called Sam Baker, pegged away up the creek as hard as they could go, but feeling pretty blue about catching the swaggie. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
The swaggie did not do any more resisting. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
The swaggie turned a very ugly look on Dad. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
They lost no time, and neither did the swaggie. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
"The swaggie did not do any more resisting. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
"The swaggie turned a very ugly look on Dad. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
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