carpetbag

English

a carpetbag

Etymology

carpet +‎ bag

Noun

carpetbag (plural carpetbags)

1. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and used primarily in the United States in the 19^th century.

Derived terms

• carpetbag steak

Translations

a type of bag

• French: sac de voyage m (en tissu)
• Lithuanian: sakvojažas m
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• Russian: саквоя́ж (ru) m (sakvojáž)

Verb

1. (chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
   • 2018 February 23, Jason Horowitz, “Italy’s ‘Five Star’ Grows Up Into a Real Party, Scandals and All”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Five Star Movement has long railed against carpetbagging, but for all of Ms. D’Alessandro’s efforts to seem of the place — talking about her childhood in Naples and showing the bar where she had her first date — she clearly isn’t.

Derived terms

• carpetbagger

Adjective

carpetbag (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.

   carpetbag travels

Further reading

• carpet bag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia