carpetbag
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A traveling bag of a kind originally made of carpeting or carpetlike material,
/ˈkärpitˌbag/,
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A traveling bag of a kind originally made of carpeting or carpetlike material,
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Act as a carpetbagger
- - rich, carpetbagging developers
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A traveling bag of a kind originally made of carpeting or carpetlike material
Web Definitions:
- following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag government"
- traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- (Carpetbagging) In United States history, "carpetbaggers" was a negative term Southerners gave to Northerners (also referred to as Yankees) who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877. ...
- A traveling bag made from carpet scraps used primarily in the United States in the 19^th century; To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain; having the characteristics of ...