carpetbag
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to journey with little luggage.
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to act as a carpetbagger.
noun
Etymology
Origin of carpetbag
Example Sentences
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Never fear: The Tolkien literary estate seems to have an enchanted carpetbag, with wonders that emerge long after it has seemingly been emptied.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
Some distance away, beyond the shade of the awning, a low white, with what I guessed to be all his possessions in a carpetbag, smoked tobacco.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019
Re-reading it now from the misty vantage point of middle age, I hardly recognise the solitary figure who shouldered a carpetbag for 4,185km.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2019
So the new sequel, directed by Rob Marshall and starring Emily Blunt, carried a rather heavy carpetbag, you might say.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2018
The little boy ran and grabbed the shoemaker’s carpetbag.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
The 2010-2013 series gave me what any carpetbagging reporter really needed: the attitude of the city, its texture, its walk and its talk.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
Why do voters respond positively to deeply rooted candidates and negatively to their carpetbagging counterparts?
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2022
Although rivals will surely accuse him of carpetbagging, one local Republican official said the issue may not play strongly with voters.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
He makes it sound like carpetbagging lawyers are bypassing judges and juries and magically enriching themselves simply by filing unfounded lawsuits against livestock operators.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2017
I think she has found out about the carpetbagging.
From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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