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swag
1. an ornamental festoon of fruit, flowers, or drapery or a representation of this
2. Midland English dialect a depression filled with water, resulting from mining subsidence

(jargon)SWAG - Scientific (or Silly) Wild Ass Guess. A term used by technical teams when establishing high level sizings for large projects.


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He allowed we would steal the bogus swag and wait all night for him to come up and get drownded, and by George it's just what we done
Whether against the express will of Providence, it is twisted upon the crown of the head and there coiled away like a rope on a ship's deck; whether it be stuck behind the ears and hangs down like the swag of a small window-curtain; or whether it be permitted to flow over the shoulders in natural ringlets, it is always the pride of the owner, and the glory of the toilette.
Most probably, out of his share of the swag, Nathaniel Letton would erect a couple of new buildings for that university of his.
 
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