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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: NJona86FJ on September 05, 2011, 04:48:23 AM

Title: swag,fj and work
Post by: NJona86FJ on September 05, 2011, 04:48:23 AM
havnt been on here for a bit, due to the fact that i am now living out of a swag and camping at driver reviver rest stops, all good not depressed and enjoying being a modern day swagman lol... so Arnie, hang on to that book and enjoy, to all the other fellows a big hooray and how ya goin, must say that with panniers, duffel bag with clothes, swag and ockey straps the fj feels like horse!!!  take care log on when i can.
cheers
neil
Title: Re: swag,fj and work
Post by: Dan Filetti on September 05, 2011, 08:11:00 AM
Hey Neil.  Glad to hear you're doing OK.  What the hell is a 'swag'?  From context, I'm guessing a 'tent', but you lot speak a completely different (yet vaguely the same) language down there.

Dan
Title: Re: swag,fj and work
Post by: fb747 on September 05, 2011, 09:14:27 AM
verb /swag/ 
swagged, past participle; swagged, past tense; swagging, present participle; swags, 3rd person singular present

Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric
- swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs
- the swagged contours of nomads' tents

Travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle
- swagging it in Queensland
- swagging my way up to the Northern Territory

Hang heavily
- the crinkly old hide swags here and there

Sway from side to side
- the stout chief sat swagging from one side of the carriage to the other

noun /swag/ 
swags, plural

An ornamental festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery
- ribbon-tied swags of flowers

A carved or painted representation of such a festoon
- fine plaster swags

A curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve

Money or goods taken by a thief or burglar
- garden machinery is the most popular swag

A large number, amount, or variety
- a swag of events including fleece competitions, poultry and water fowl competitions, and a tractor pull

A traveler's or miner's bundle of personal belongings


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Yea Dan it's a tent for one.