MOTM

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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