noun
(US) A person who lives in a swampy area.
(US) A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
(Canada, US, slang) A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
(Australia, slang) a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
(US) A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.