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Webster 1913 Edition
Carpetbag
Car′pet-bagˊ
,Noun.
A portable bag for travelers; – so called because originally made of carpet.
Definition 2024
carpetbag
carpetbag
English
Adjective
carpetbag (not comparable)
- having the characteristics of carpetbaggers
- carpetbag travels
Noun
carpetbag (plural carpetbags)
- A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and used primarily in the United States in the 19th century.
Translations
a type of bag
Verb
carpetbag (third-person singular simple present carpetbags, present participle carpetbagging, simple past and past participle carpetbagged)
- 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.