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Webster 1913 Edition


Carpetbag

Car′pet-bagˊ

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Noun.
A portable bag for travelers; – so called because originally made of carpet.

Definition 2024


carpetbag

carpetbag

English

Adjective

carpetbag (not comparable)

  1. having the characteristics of carpetbaggers
    carpetbag travels

Noun

carpetbag (plural carpetbags)

  1. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and used primarily in the United States in the 19th century.

Translations

Verb

carpetbag (third-person singular simple present carpetbags, present participle carpetbagging, simple past and past participle carpetbagged)

  1. 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.

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