How to use carpetbag in a sentence.
Carpet bag government definition.
In america a state in the south reorganised by carpet baggers i e.
A travelling bag originally made of carpeting meaning pronunciation translations and examples.
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Carpetbagger derogatory term originally used in the u s.
A traveling bag made of carpet fabric that was used chiefly in the united states during the 1800s.
The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
Carpetbag definition a bag for traveling especially one made of carpeting.
It was applied to politicians and financial adventurers whom southerners accused of coming south to use the newly enfranchised freedmen to obtain office or profit.
Carpetbag definition is a traveler s bag made of carpet and widely used in the u s.
Carpetbag synonyms carpetbag pronunciation carpetbag translation english dictionary definition of carpetbag.
The government of mere adventurers.
Northern political adventurers who sought a career in the southern states after the civil war of 1865.
The term is now used in the united states to refer to a parachute candidate that is an outsider who runs.