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carpetbag

(-bag′)

noun

an old-fashioned type of traveling bag, made of carpeting

adjective

of or having to do with carpetbaggers

intransitive verb carpetbagged, carpetbagging

to act as a carpetbagger

See carpetbag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A traveling bag made of carpet fabric that was used chiefly in the United States during the 19th century.

adjective

Carpetbagging.

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