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| Source: gcide | Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. t.
To bully. [R.] --Swift.
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| Source: gcide | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
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He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth
to receive us. --W. Irving.
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| Source: gcide | Swagger \Swag"ger\, n.
A swagman. [Australia]
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| Source: gcide | Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also {swagsman}, {swagger}, and {swaggie}.
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Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
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| Source: gcide | 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.
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A man who swaggers about London clubs.
--Beaconsfield.
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2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
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What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
--Arbuthnot.
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To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
--Colier.
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