carpetbag
Meaning of carpetbag
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and used primarily in the United States in the 19th century.
verb
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.
adjective- Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
carpetbag travels
Information about carpetbag
- The plural form of carpetbag is: carpetbags.
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Hyphenation of carpetbag
car-pet-bag
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- carpetbag is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
carpetbag synonyms
Meaning opportunist:
Words that rhyme with carpetbag
ratbag, netbag, kitbag, footbag, dirtbag, postbag
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