swag

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swag

(swăg)

a. An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.

b. An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.

c. A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.

2. Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.

3. Slang Stolen property; loot.

4. Australian The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.

5. Slang See schwag.

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.]

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swag

(swæɡ)

1. slang property obtained by theft or other illicit means

2. slang goods; valuables

3. (Art Terms) an ornamental festoon of fruit, flowers, or drapery or a representation of this

4. a swaying movement; lurch

5. (Physical Geography) dialect Midland English a depression filled with water, resulting from mining subsidence

6. (Clothing & Fashion) informal Austral and NZ (formerly) a swagman's pack containing personal belongings

7. go on the swag informal Austral and NZ to become a tramp

8. swags of informal Austral and NZ lots of

vb, swags, swagging or swagged

9. chiefly Brit to lurch or sag or cause to lurch or sag

10. (Art Terms) (tr) to adorn or arrange with swags

11. (intr) informal Austral to tramp about carrying a pack of personal belongings

[C17: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian svagga to sway]

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swag¹

(swæg)

n., v. swagged, swag•ging. n.

1. a suspended garland, drapery, etc., fastened at each end and hanging down in the middle; festoon.

2. a wreath or cluster of foliage, flowers, or fruit.

3. a swale.

4. a swaying or lurching movement.

v.i.

5. to sway or lurch.

6. to hang loosely and heavily; sag.

v.t.

7. to cause to sway or sag.

8. to adorn with swags.

[1520–30; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian svaga, svagga to sway, rock]

swag²

(swæg)

n., v. swagged, swag•ging. n.

1. Slang.

a. plunder; booty.

b. money; valuables.

2. Australian. a traveler's bundle containing food and belongings.

v.i.

3. Australian. to travel about carrying one's bundle of belongings.

[1805–15; perhaps identical with swag¹]

Swag

quantity of money or goods, usually stolen; a bundle of personal belongings carried by a tramp, miner, or traveller in the bush, 1864; a decorative festoon of flowers, 1794; of fruit and flowers, 1813.

swag

Past participle: swagged
Gerund: swagging

Imperative
swag
swag

Present
I swag
you swag
he/she/it swags
we swag
you swag
they swag

Preterite
I swagged
you swagged
he/she/it swagged
we swagged
you swagged
they swagged

Present Continuous
I am swagging
you are swagging
he/she/it is swagging
we are swagging
you are swagging
they are swagging

Present Perfect
I have swagged
you have swagged
he/she/it has swagged
we have swagged
you have swagged
they have swagged

Past Continuous
I was swagging
you were swagging
he/she/it was swagging
we were swagging
you were swagging
they were swagging

Past Perfect
I had swagged
you had swagged
he/she/it had swagged
we had swagged
you had swagged
they had swagged

Future
I will swag
you will swag
he/she/it will swag
we will swag
you will swag
they will swag

Future Perfect
I will have swagged
you will have swagged
he/she/it will have swagged
we will have swagged
you will have swagged
they will have swagged

Future Continuous
I will be swagging
you will be swagging
he/she/it will be swagging
we will be swagging
you will be swagging
they will be swagging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swagging
you have been swagging
he/she/it has been swagging
we have been swagging
you have been swagging
they have been swagging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swagging
you will have been swagging
he/she/it will have been swagging
we will have been swagging
you will have been swagging
they will have been swagging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swagging
you had been swagging
he/she/it had been swagging
we had been swagging
you had been swagging
they had been swagging

Conditional
I would swag
you would swag
he/she/it would swag
we would swag
you would swag
they would swag

Past Conditional
I would have swagged
you would have swagged
he/she/it would have swagged
we would have swagged
you would have swagged
they would have swagged

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Noun	1.	swag - valuable goods colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech valuable - something of value; "all our valuables were stolen"
	2.	swag - goods or money obtained illegally booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize stolen property - property that has been stolen cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
	3.	swag - a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Verb	1.	swag - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness droop, sag, flag drop down, sink, drop - fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" slouch, slump - assume a drooping posture or carriage bag - hang loosely, like an empty bag
	2.	swag - walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	3.	swag - sway heavily or unsteadily rock, sway, shake - move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

Translations

بَضائِع مَسْروقَه، غَنائِمصُرَّة أمْتِعَة

kořistranec

bylttyvekoster

Raub Bündel Girlande

baluchon butin

batyulopott holmi

òÿfipinkill

bottino

mantanešulysvogti daiktai

laupījumsnastiņapaunazagta manta

çalıntı malçıkın yağma

行李包赃物

swag

[swæg] N → botín m

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swag

n (inf) → Beute f

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swag

[swæg] n (fam) → malloppo

swag

(swӕg) noun

1. stolen goods.

2. in Australia, a tramp's bundle.

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Bud Dixon would wake up and miss the swag, and would come straight for us, for he ain't afeard of anything or anybody, that man ain't.

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Three of our boys were killed, however, before we got the swag. I put my pistol to the head of the wagon-driver, who was this very man McCarthy.

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I've been a boundary rider; I've sheared sheep; and humped my swag; and harpooned a whale.

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Whether against the express will of Providence, it is twisted upon the crown of the head and there coiled away like a rope on a ship's deck; whether it be stuck behind the ears and hangs down like the swag of a small window-curtain; or whether it be permitted to flow over the shoulders in natural ringlets, it is always the pride of the owner, and the glory of the toilette.

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He got in all the details, and that is a good thing in a local item: you see, he had kept books for the undertaker- department of his church when he was younger, and there, you know, the money's in the details; the more details, the more swag: bearers, mutes, candles, prayers -- everything counts; and if the bereaved don't buy prayers enough you mark up your candles with a forked pencil, and your bill shows up all right.

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Most probably, out of his share of the swag, Nathaniel Letton would erect a couple of new buildings for that university of his.

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Whoever could ravish a column from a pagan temple, did it and contributed his swag to this Christian one.

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The swag I gathered won't half square me up, and the first thing we know, my creditors-- well, you know what'll happen."

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What'll we do with what little swag we've got left?"

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Then say to the two men who wish to kill me that if they do so they will never live to spend their share of the swag, for only I can get you safely to any port."

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'It's all arranged about bringing off the swag, is it?' asked the Jew.

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"What a brute I've been, Bunny!" he whispered then, "but you take half the swag, old boy, and right well you've earned it.

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