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    swag
    [swaɡ]
    noun
    swag (noun) · swags (plural noun)
    1. a curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.
      • a decorative garland or chain of flowers, foliage, or fruit fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve:
        "swags of holly and mistletoe"
      • a carved or painted representation of a swag of flowers, foliage, or fruit:
        "fine plaster swags"
    2. informal
      money or goods taken by a thief or burglar:
      "their homes offer tempting swag for burglars"
      • products given away free, typically for promotional purposes:
        "local studios provide swag, spirits, and food"
      • US ENGLISH
        marijuana, typically of a low grade:
        "prices range from $40 a 10-seed packet for some Jamaican swag to $345 per pack for something tastier"
    3. US ENGLISH
      informal
      bold self-assurance of style or manner:
      "she's proved she's got swag with this sporty two-piece" · "Adam had swag—he moved like a man who had the world at his feet"
    4. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
      a traveler's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.
      • informal
        a large number or amount:
        "the seller left a swag of unpaid bills"
    verb
    swag (verb) · swags (third person present) · swagged (past tense) · swagged (past participle) · swagging (present participle)
    1. arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric:
      "swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs"
    2. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
      travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle:
      "swagging it in Queensland" · "swagging my way up to the Northern Territory"
    3. literary
      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"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘bulging bag’): probably of Scandinavian origin. The original sense of the verb (early 16th century) was ‘cause to sway or sag’.
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    noun
    1. money or goods taken by a thief or burglar:
      loot
      plunder
      pillage
      haul
      prize
      trophy
      spoils
      gains
      profits
      pickings
      takings
      winnings
      boodle
      the goods
      stolen goods
      ill-gotten gains
      verb
      1. hang heavily:
        dip
        droop
        bulge
        bag
        curve down
        hang down
         
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