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Carpetbag   Listen
Carpetbag

noun
1.
Traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century.
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



... Aunt Sarah," said Ben. "I'll take a few clothes in a carpetbag, and you can send the rest by express ...
— The Young Explorer • Horatio Alger
... and there's Reuben at the gate. How are ye all? Jest take this carpetbag, will ye, and I'll give you a cent some ...
— Frank's Campaign - or the Farm and the Camp • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... driving the store wagon which bore the name of his employer he was hailed, about a mile from the store, by a boy about his own age, who carried in his hand a carpetbag, and appeared to be making a journey ...
— The Tin Box - and What it Contained • Horatio Alger
... known character of Mr. Woolsworthy, of Oxney Colne. He was the antiquarian of Dartmoor. That was his line of life. It was in that capacity that he was known to the Devonshire world; it was as such that he journeyed about with his humble carpetbag, staying away from his parsonage a night or two at a time; it was in that character that he received now and again stray visitors in the single spare bedroom—not friends asked to see him and his girl because of their friendship—but ...
— Victorian Short Stories • Various


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