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
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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 magically inclined caregiver wears a flower-embellished hat, blue trench coat and is carrying Poppins' iconic carpetbag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2017
He tossed his brown carpetbag past me into the hall, seized my hand, and drew me out into the June sunshine.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
You would think that living in a state for 16 years would be enough to shake off attacks of opportunism or carpetbagging.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2018
I think she has found out about the carpetbagging.
From Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess
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