Word: swagman
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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Richard Dyer-Bennet, Lute Singer (Keynote album). Minstrelsy by a light-voiced youngster (TIME, Oct. 13), ranging from the 17th-Century Golden Vanity to a current Anzac favorite, The Swagman (or Waltzing Matilda...
...Swagman: hobo; billabong: waterhole; jumbuck: sheep; tuckerbag: food bag; squatter: sheep rancher; waltzing Matilda: hobos' affectionate name for their bag (bundle with blanket, tin cup, etc.) as it dangles from their shoulders and jounces with their pace...