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<div>It is the name of an Australian song.</div>
<div>Nobody uses this phrase anymore except in reference to the song, but I believe it has been researched and that in times past, wandering travellers carrying their "swag" were said to be waltzing Matilda, in that it appeared that they were dancing the walz with their swag. I don't recall why "Matilda". In any case it seems to a verbal phrase rather than a nominal one, but doing proper research might show up something different.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fritz Goerling</b> <<a href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org">Fritz_Goerling@sil.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial"> Isn't that the name of an Australian song? Or would you also refer to a lady</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial">by "she is a waltzing Matilda?"</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial">Fritz Goerling</font></span></div><span class="q">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span> </span><br><span></span><font face="Tahoma" size="2">S<span><font face="Arial" size="3">usan Gehr wrote: </font></span></font><br> </div>
<div></div><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Waltzing Matilda?<br><br><br><br><br>On 11/16/05 3:06 AM, "Fritz Goerling" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org" target="_blank">
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<blockquote><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><font face="Arial">Recently I corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a German<br>compound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a suffix,' like:
<br></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><br></font><font face="Arial">Zappelphilipp = a boy who can't sit still<br>Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for Heinrich)<br>Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short for Susanne)
<br></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><br></font><font face="Arial">I am interested in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in English.<br>I am not looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous Nelly, honest Abe,"
<br>some of which have become more or less common expressions. I am interested<br>in examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which seem to correspond<br>to the German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be "smoking Joe" (for the
<br>boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom," "doubting Thomas",<br> especially if they have "made it" to become common expressions and are<br>included in the dictionary.
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