Also -y. Austral. colloq. [f. swagman (see SWAG sb. 12) + dim. suffix -IE, -Y.] A swagman.
1892. E. W. Hornung, Under Two Skies, 109. Heres a swaggie stopped to camp, with flour for a damper.
1900. H. Lawson, Over Sliprails, 88. Thefts and annoyances of the above description were credited to the swaggies who infested the roads.