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Swamper means (US) A person who lives in a swampy area..
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/ˈswɒmpə/ · noun
(US) A person who lives in a swampy area..
In the latter part of winter, I hired with a lumberer – camped out, and wrought in the forest as a swamper.
The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree.
To use such a brake on the front wagon, the driver stood up on the seat, letting the team follow the leaders, and threw his whole weight on the upper end of the bar, while the swamper braked the rear wagon.
On the road to the Diorite King, which is about 40 miles from Leonora, there was nothing much to see except a good many swampers. A “swamper” is a man tramping without his swag, which he entrusts to a teamster to bring on his waggon.
He arrived at Western Australia the year after the discovery of gold at Coolgardie, and walked to the goldfields as a "swamper" – that is, he paid to have his belongings carried on a dray while he trudged along beside it.
The old swamper shifted his broom and held it between his elbow and his side while he held out his hand for the can.
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Swamper means (US) A person who lives in a swampy area..
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In the latter part of winter, I hired with a lumberer – camped out, and wrought in the forest as a swamper.
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