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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWAG, v.i. To sink down by its weight; to lean.
SWAG'-BELLIED, a. Having a prominent overhanging belly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: valuable goods
2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
3: a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman v
1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]
2: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen]
3: sway heavily or unsteadily

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (swagged; swagging) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svagga to sway, rock; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. sway, lurch 2. sag, droop transitive verb 1. to adorn with swags 2. to arrange (as drapery) in swags II. noun Date: 1660 1. sway 1 2. a. something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points ; festoon b. a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches) 3. a. goods acquired by unlawful means ; loot b. spoils, profits 4. a depression in the earth 5. chiefly Australian a pack of personal belongings

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 sl. a the booty carried off by burglars etc. b illicit gains. 2 a an ornamental festoon of flowers etc. b a carved etc. representation of this. c drapery of similar appearance. 3 Austral. & NZ a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings. --v. (swagged, swagging) 1 tr. arrange (a curtain etc.) in swags. 2 intr. a hang heavily. b sway from side to side. 3 tr. cause to sway or sag. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. f. Scand.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swag Swag, n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. 2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] --Charles Reade.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(swags) 1. Swag is stolen goods, or money obtained illegally. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) 2. A swag is a piece of material that is put above a window and hangs down in a decorative way. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Bend (by force of gravity), settle, sag, give way, lean.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A shop. Any quantity of goods. As, plant the swag; conceal the goods. Rum swag; a shop full of rich goods. Cant.

Moby Thesaurus

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