swagger-the verb swagger used in comb.; swagger-bag; swagger-cane, -stick, an officer's cane or stick; the short cane or stick carried by soldiers when walking out; so swagger-dress; swagger coat, a three-quarter-length ladies' coat cut with a loose flare from the shoulders (particularly fashionable in the 1930s).1887Times 11 Apr. 11/5 Their clothes fit them well; they generally carry themselves well; many have swagger-sticks.1889Junior Army & Navy Stores Price List 669 H, Swagger or Parade Canes.1890Kipling Soldiers Three (1891) 24 An' then I meks him [sc. a dog] joomp ovver my swagger-cane.1901Westm.Gaz. 4 Mar. 4/1 The ‘swagger’, or walking-out, dress of the soldier.1933Bulletin (Glasgow) 14 Oct. 15/1 A swagger-coat with collarette and gauntlets of black astrakhan.1938‘J. Bell’ Port of London Murders ii. 24 Her hands were pushed into the pockets of an old swagger coat.1953‘P. Wentworth’ Watersplash ii. 8 The glove and its fellow had been thrust into the pocket of a blue swagger coat.1974Index-Jrnl. (Greenwood, S. Carolina) 23 Apr. 3/2 (Advt.), Special selection of baskets, swagger bags, totes, envelopes.1980B. Bainbridge Winter Garden x. 74 She stood in the gutter in her swagger coat and allowed her teeth to chatter piteously.