I have fallen down bunnytrail of “schwag or swag” Google search results
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Both are in use, swag came first from criminal loot, and got randomly yiddishified in the 90s
The usage of schwag for low-grade weed seems unrelated
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William Shakespeare used the word swagger in one of the books. So it has been in use for a long time.
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