tailieunhanh - Slang and uncoventional english part 94

Tham khảo tài liệu 'slang and uncoventional english part 94', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 633 SWAG sweat room to place. The swag and the swagman swaggie are Australian cultural icons Australia 1841. 5 a person s possessions when travelling light Metaphoric use of the swagman s swag Australia 1987. 6 a bedroll Australia 1865. 7 clothes. The best known meaning of swag stolen property originally referred especially to linens and clothes. Here the sense narrows to the type of goods with no suggestion of theft uk 1999. 8 money us 1976. 9 a large amount of something Australia 1882. 10 inferior quality marijuana. It seems unlikely that this usage should derive from the C19 now obsolete adjective swag worthless but stranger etymologies have happened us 2001. on the swag carrying a swag and travelling as an itinerant Australia 1982 SWAG noun a joking and derogatory prediction or estimate. A scientific wild-assed guess Canada 1995 swag verb 1 to move articles in a hurried manner. Extends from the sense to hustle uk 1956. 2 to hustle or hurry someone uk 1958 swag adjective 1 stolen us 1979. 2 inferior uk 2004 swag bag noun a bag for loot or special contraband us 1974 swaggie noun a swagman Australia 1891 swagman noun an itinerant man looking for work a tramp Australia 1859 swag off verb to lock a prisoner s possessions away uk 1996 SWAK SWALK SWANK written on an envelope or at the foot of a lover s letter as lovers code for sealed with a kiss . Embellishments included a loving kiss and a nice kiss. Widely known and wellused by servicemen then a nearly mandatory sign-offline in any American teenage love letter of the 1950s and 60s now a part of the coded vocabulary of texting uk 1925 swallow noun a drink of alcoholuK 1822 swallow verb 1 to easily accept something as true uk 1594. 2 to accept something that has happened without complaint or acknowledgement. A shortening of swallow your pride uk 2000. swallow a dictionary to be loquacious or sesquipedalian to habitually use long or erudite words Australia 1957. swallow a gun to commit suicide by gunshot to the mouth