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Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. A swagman. [Australia]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Swagman \Swag"man\, n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t. To bully. [R.]

--Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Swagger \Swag"ger\, n. The act or manner of a swaggerer.

He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. --W. Irving.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering.]

[Freq. of swag.]

1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

A man who swaggers about London clubs. --Beaconsfield.

2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar! --Arbuthnot.

To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen. --Colier.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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