Swagger

Definitions

1. Confidence, pride.
   countable, uncountable
2. Someone carrying a swag; a swagman.
   Australia, New-Zealand, historical
3. A bold or arrogant strut.
   countable, uncountable
4. A prideful boasting or bragging.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take⟳ advantage”

“He steered with no end⟳ of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk, and would let⟳ that cripple of a steamboat get⟳ the upper hand of him in a minute.”

“Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force⟳; too often we excuse⟳ those who are willing to build⟳ their lives on the shattered dreams of others.”

“There were now more swaggers passing down Ferry Street and more coming to ask⟳ for food […].”

“She looked down in her half-dreaming state and thought they might be swaggers. There were lots of them that year, camped out on the riverbank netting for whitebait, then fanning out around the streets selling their catch⟳ door to door.”

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