Wanderarbeiter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- swagman noun A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
Senses
Wanderarbeiter is used for these senses in English:
- itinerant worker (colloquial, Southern California) A temporary worker, particularly for exhausting manual labor.
- migrant worker A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
- swagman (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag; specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
swagman — full definition
- noun A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
- noun A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
- noun A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.
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