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swagman

noun

ˈswag-mən

Definition of swagman

chiefly Australian

as in hobo

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living the swagman who roams through the outback is a mythic figure in Australia

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Noun

After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Add a slouchy hobo bag and Western belt at the waist for the full effect.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of hobo

Noun

One of the tramps jumping off a freight car was the juvenile player, Frankie Darrow.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tramp

Noun

The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bum

Noun

Anyway, no longer satisfied with making sure that the theatrical trains run on time, Anna is a national parks vagabond, going from job to job, never laying down roots.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
His divorces ultimately left him scrambling for stability and turned him into a kind of moneyed vagabond, living out of suitcases.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026

Definition of vagabond

Noun

This is accomplished with the aid of a dead vagrant, a false identity, a commandeered submarine, and tons of other chicanery.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Across the planet, most populations of monarch butterflies—in Spain, in Hawaii—are likely descended from vagrants that veered off the Mexico migration path.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of vagrant

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