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swagman

/swag-muhn/US // ˈswæg mən //UK // (ˈswæɡˌmæn, -mən) //

掠夺者,骗子,吊车夫,吊车司机

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural swag·men.Australian.

    • : a tramp, hobo, or vagabond.
    • : anyone who carries a swag while traveling, as a camper or prospector.

Examples

  • And still he went doggedly on, with the ghastly daylight on him—like a swagman's ghost out late.

  • This softened the heart and loosed the tongue of the old swagman.

  • A valid claim to satisfaction was thus established, and the swagman showed a disposition to enforce it.

  • The swagman dodged and parried, and soon put in a swinging blow on the left temple.

  • He remembered that it had been his impression that the swagman bore his father a grudge, and the thought made him uneasy.