Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language:
SWAG, To sink down by its weight, to lean.
SAGBELLIED, Having a prominent overhanging belly.
SWAGGY, Sinking, hanging or leaning by its weight.
This might indicate the reference to both the lamp and the verse in
"Waltzing Mathilda".
Scott
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konkuro wrote:
> Anyway, thanks for the reference. Now that I think of it,
> doesn't "Waltzing Mathilda" begin
> "Once a jolly swagman...."?
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> Then again, I have a swag lamp, but it isn't stolen. Odd.
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> Heh. And now that Paul's away....
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