"matilda" meaning in English

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      "form": "matildas",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "waltz Matilda"
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          "text": "1906, A. B. Paterson, On The Road to Gundagai, The Old Bush Songs, Gutenberg eBook #10493,\nIn a week the spree was over and the cheque was all knocked down, / So we shouldered our “Matildas,” and we turned our backs on town, / And the girls they stood a nobbler as we sadly said “Good bye,” / And we tramped from Lazy Harry’s, not five miles from Gundagai;"
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          "text": "When a hobo roams through the outback with a matilda on his back, he is said to be “waltzing matilda.”",
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        "A bundle of possessions, often tied up in a sack; a swag."
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        "(Australia) A bundle of possessions, often tied up in a sack; a swag."
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      "ipa": "/məˈtɪldə/"
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  "word": "matilda"
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          "text": "1906, A. B. Paterson, On The Road to Gundagai, The Old Bush Songs, Gutenberg eBook #10493,\nIn a week the spree was over and the cheque was all knocked down, / So we shouldered our “Matildas,” and we turned our backs on town, / And the girls they stood a nobbler as we sadly said “Good bye,” / And we tramped from Lazy Harry’s, not five miles from Gundagai;"
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      "word": "Matilda"
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