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Swagged

Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.]

  1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.]

  2. To sink down by its weight; to sag.
    --Sir H. Wotton.

    I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
    --Palsgrave.

  3. To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]

Wiktionary
swagged

vb. (en-past of: swag)

WordNet
swag
  1. n. valuable goods

  2. goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, dirty money]

  3. a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

  4. v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, flag]

  5. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, careen]

  6. sway heavily or unsteadily

  7. [also: swagging, swagged]

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Usage examples of "swagged".

From the top of each pillar were draped red hangings, swagged from one pillar to the next.

Where the walls were not lined with bookshelves, a patterned paper of crimson and gold echoed drapes of a heavy, antique damask swagged to either side of the bay.

Banners and bunting swagged the eaves of the storefronts on High Street, waving cheerfully as tourists and islanders alike jammed the streets and beaches.

Now her gaze traveled down, slowly, over the damp chest where her locket glittered, the flat belly, the narrow hips he swagged in the towel.