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Carpetbag

adjective
1.
Following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers.  "A carpetbag government"
2.
Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality.  Synonym: carpetbagging.  "A capetbag politician"



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"Carpetbag" Quotes from Famous Books



... summer morning, therefore, he took passage by the railroad, and, in the decline of the afternoon, alighted from the cars at no great distance from Ernest's cottage. The great hotel, which had formerly been the palace of Mr. Gathergold, was close at hand, but the poet, with his carpetbag on his arm, inquired at once where Ernest dwelt, and was resolved to be accepted ...
— The Literary World Seventh Reader • Various


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


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