swag
noun
[ swaɡ ]
• 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"
• bold self-assurance of style or manner.
• "she's proved she's got swag with this sporty two-piece"
• a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.
swag
verb
• arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric.
• "swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs"
• travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle.
• "we were swagging it in Queensland"
• hang heavily.
• "the crinkly old hide swags here and there"
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’.
