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Re: SWAG




10. Austral. and N.Z. The bundle of personal belongings carried by a
traveller in the bush, a tramp, or a miner. Freq. in colloq. phrases
"to hump the swag": see HUMP v. 2; on the swag: on one's travels.

Well, Leigh, I certainly wouldn't use the term in this fashion in the US.

Jim


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