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swag
noun- stolen goods; loot; bounty UK, 1794
Derives from the earlier sense “a shop” hence the contents seen as the object of theft; originally, especially linens and clothes rather than precious metals and stones. - “It’s all arranged about bringing off the swag, is it?” asked the Jew. Sikes nodded. — Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1838
- They had made contact with a “fence” from Philadelphia, to whom they were to turn over the swag for $150,000 in currency. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 18, 1950
- I just need you along to carry swag, that’s all there is to it, just to help me carry swag away. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 388, 1952
- He never touches the swag himself ... has it delivered to a hotel room and one of his stooges picks it up and fences it. — Gerald Petievich, To Die in Beverly Hills, p. 189, 1983
- [W]e took the swag back to Allen’s apartment. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 105, 1990
- I’m not having no fucking swag from Freddie fucking Woan! — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 82, 2001
- contraband US
Used both as an adjective and a noun. - — American Speech, p. 195, October 1951: “A study of reformatory argot”
- — Gresham M. Sykes, The Society of Captives, p. 88, 1958
- I was selling swag to tourists on Oxford Street–moody perfume, sunglasses, snide Polo, cheap fucking tat[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 135, 1997
- free merchandise or tickets to concerts handed out by music recording companies US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 222, 1997
- the possessions of an itinerant traveller rolled up in a blanket and carried from place to place AUSTRALIA, 1841
The “swag” and the “swagman/swaggie” are Australian cultural icons. - SWAG–A tramp’s bundle. — Gilbert H. Lawson, A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924
- They were a tough bush-bred lot and I had to become a part of the life that was lived wherever I threw my swag off. — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 169, 1969
- Well, I had a bottle of beer in me swag, see. — John O’Grady, It’s Your Shout, Mate!, p. 72, 1972
- a person’s possessions when travelling light AUSTRALIA
Metaphoric use of the swagman’s swag. - I’d threatened to run away zillions of times, but it was year ten that finally pushed me into packing my swag. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 53, 1987
- Taylor the taxi driver dropped his swag in the space left vacant by Martin’s sudden exit. — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 38, 1994
- a bedroll AUSTRALIA, 1865
- Sam was now rousing the truckers, who had merely rolled into their swags beside the tarpaulin-covered loading[.] — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 126, 1959
- Cameron eyed the old man as he gathered up his ragged swag. — Wal Watkins, Race the Lazy River, p. 21, 1963
- Better than camping in a wet swag, eh? — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 99, 1979
- clothes UK
The best known meaning of “swag” (stolen property) originally referred especially to linens and clothes. Here the sense narrows to the type of goods with no suggestion of theft. - Keva examined his manager’s [...] suede-and-corduroy zip-up cardi [cardigan] and smiled to himself. “Get you some decent swag with what’s left over.” — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 27, 1999
- money US, 1976
- [H]e began once to describe where he and Jake had buried “the swag”—the twenty thousand dollars. — Donald Wilson, My Six Convicts, p. 168, 1951
- I wore a hat from Disney with a fifty-dollar tag / And my snakesksin billfold was loaded with swag. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 36, 1976
- a large amount of something AUSTRALIA, 1882
- If a man was to take a swag of aspirins and dovers all at once he’d get a high temperature, wouldn’t he? — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 204, 1954
- I am not going to be picked up for hoarding a swag of Love-Juice, that’s for sure. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 17, 1962
- Hell, there was a swag of humans in the world, like the horses no two alike unless they were twins. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 139, 1969
- — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 223, 1969
- In the lead-up to the election for school captain, Jeb somehow managed to prevent a whole swag of kids–mainly poor black kids–from casting a vote. — The Big Issue, p. 10, 2003
- inferior quality marijuana US, 2001
It seems unlikely that this usage should derive from the C19, now obsolete adjective “swag” (worthless) but stranger etymologies have happened. - — www.addictions.org, 1999
▶ on the swag
carrying a swag and travelling as an itinerant AUSTRALIA- [S]o th’ dees hassled youse a bit, did they? Well, don’t fret. They do that to most young fellers on th’ swag. — Ward McNally, Supper at Happy Harry’s, p. 68, 1982
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