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
  1. 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:

opportunist

Words that rhyme with carpetbag

ratbag, netbag, kitbag, footbag, dirtbag, postbag

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