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Very soon, one suspects, the swagmen on Sir Matt Busby Way will have to update their "Giggsy 12 Gerrard 0" T-shirts paying homage to his unprecedented collection of title wins.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

Hoppner and I acquired the tea-habit as badly as the rest of the Australian swagmen.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

For travellers must carry bags, And swagmen have to hump their swags Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.

From The Magic Pudding by Lindsay, Norman

With one exception, the men do not seem hard up; at least, not as that condition is understood by the swagmen of these times.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

But most likely he'd find his way over after tea, and sit on his heels in the cool outside the hut, and argue with the swagmen about unionism and politics.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry