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This is a typical style swag but they do come in many different designs, they are made of canvas with a foam mattress and often open up with just a insect screen for hot weather.
Mattresses? MATTRESSES??!! Aussies use mattresses in the outback? That sure is a myth buster. I'm so disappointed that I'm taking down my Paul Hogan poster and probably won't renew my fan club membership. Oh, that reminds me. Gotta get my Bindy fan club dues in the mail...
Yup, ours are called Bivys, normally WITHOUT mattresses.
Also, I associate swag with the little advertising goodies you get from trade show like COMDEX
It's always a competition in the office to see who can accumulate the most and coolest swag. That kind of swag is a tongueincheek application of definition 3 below.
1 : SWAY 1
2 a : something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points : FESTOON b : a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches)
3 a : goods acquired by unlawful means : LOOT b : SPOILS, PROFITS
4 : a depression in the earth
5 chiefly Australian : a pack of personal belongings