swag

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And in the core of the swag was a sugar-bag tied tightly with a whip-lash, and containing another old skirt, rolled very tight and fastened with many turns of a length of clothes-line, which last, I suppose, he carried to hang himself with if he felt that way.

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  1. noun An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.
  2. noun An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.
  3. noun A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.

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  • I tell you again, as I've told you before, I don't care for her swag--you may have it. —  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 7.
  • She mightn't remember me He reached hastily for his swag, and shouldered it Well, I must be gettin' on I s'pose you'll camp here over Christmas No; there's nothing to stop here for--I'll push on. —  While the Billy Boils
  • To the top strap, for the swag is carried (and eased down in shanty bars and against walls or veranda-posts when not on the track) in a more or less vertical position--to the top strap, and lowest, or lowest but one, fasten the ends of the shoulder strap (usually a towel is preferred as being softer to the shoulder), your coat being carried outside the swag at the back, under the straps. —  Children of the Bush
  • And in the core of the swag was a sugar-bag tied tightly with a whip-lash, and containing another old skirt, rolled very tight and fastened with many turns of a length of clothes-line, which last, I suppose, he carried to hang himself with if he felt that way. —  Children of the Bush
  • As time went by he became convinced that it was a sack, limp and empty at present, but destined later to receive and bulge with what he believed was technically known as the swag. —  Uneasy Money
 

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  1. Probably of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. Early modern English swagge; from Norwegian svaga, sway: see swag, and cf. swagger.
  2. from swag, v.
 

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