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swag

1[swag] ,noun, verb, swagged, swag⋅ging.
–noun
1. a suspended wreath, garland, drapery, or the like, fastened up at or near each end and hanging down in the middle; festoon.
2. a wreath, spray, or cluster of foliage, flowers, or fruit.
3. a festoon, esp. one very heavy toward the center.
4. a swale.
5. a swaying or lurching movement.
–verb (used without object)
6. to move heavily or unsteadily from side to side or up and down; sway.
7. to hang loosely and heavily; sink down.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cause to sway, sink, or sag.
9. to hang or adorn with swags.

Origin:
1520–30; perh. < Scand; cf. Norw svaga, svagga to sway, rock

swag

2[swag] ,noun, verb, swagged, swag⋅ging.
–noun
1. Slang.
a. plunder; booty.
b. money; valuables.
2. Australian. a traveler's bundle containing personal belongings, cooking utensils, food, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
3. Australian. to travel about carrying one's bundle of personal belongings.

Origin:
1860–65; special uses of swag 1
swag   (swāg)   
n.  
    1. An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.
    2. An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.
    3. A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.
  1. Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.
  2. Slang Stolen property; loot.
  3. Australian The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.
  4. Slang Herbal tea in a plastic sandwich bag sold as marijuana to an unsuspecting customer.
intr.v.   swagged, swag·ging, swags
  1. Chiefly British To lurch or sway.
  2. Australian To travel about with a pack or swag.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
Main Entry:  swag
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See schwag
Main Entry:  swag
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See schwag
Language Translation for : swag
Spanish: botín,
German: der Raub,
Japanese: 盗品

Swag

Swag\, v. i. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]

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.

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.

Swag

Swag\, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion.

2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] --Charles Reade.

swag  (v.)
"to move heavily or unsteadily," 1530, probably from O.N. sveggja "to swing, sway," cognate with O.E. swingan "to swing" (see swing). The noun sense of "ornamental festoon" is first found 1794. Earlier senses of "bulky bag" (1303) and "big, blustering fellow" (1588) may represent separate borrowings from the Scand. source.

SWAG jargon
Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess. A term used by technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large projects.
(2000-08-09)

swag

in architecture and decoration, carved ornamental motif consisting of stylized flowers, fruit, foliage, and cloth, tied together with ribbons that sag in the middle and are attached at both ends. The distinction is sometimes made between a swag and a festoon by limiting the former to festoons entirely made up of folds of cloth.

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