the verb SWAGGER used in comb.; swagger-cane, -stick, an officer’s cane or stick; the short cane or stick carried by soldiers when walking out; so swagger-dress. colloq.

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1887.  Times, 11 April, 11/5. Their clothes fit them well; they generally carry themselves well; many have swagger-sticks.

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1889.  Junior Army & Navy Stores Price List, 669 H. Swagger or Parade Canes.

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1890.  Kipling, Soldiers Three (1891), 24. An’ then I meks him [sc. a dog] joomp ovver my swagger-cane.

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1901.  Westm. Gaz., March, 4/1. The swagger, or walking-out, dress of the soldier.

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