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Carpetbag   Listen
noun
Carpetbag  n.  A portable bag for travelers; so called because originally made of carpet.





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"Carpetbag" Quotes from Famous Books



... Buffalo to Auburn—another day's journey. Lincoln wore his habitual duster and the tall hat, a little the worse for wear. He telegraphed Seward he was coming, and, of course, Seward met him at the station in Auburn. Lincoln got off the car alone, unattended, carrying his carpetbag, homemade, with the initials "A.L." embroidered on the side by the fair hands of ...
— Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) • Elbert Hubbard


Words linked to "Carpetbag" :   carpetbagging, expedient, traveling bag, travelling bag, carpetbagger, bag, suitcase, grip


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