carpetbag

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From carpet + bag.

"Mary, go and get the carpetbag. — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger
Such states as had complied and given the negro the right to vote were under "carpetbag" rule. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
And before a hand could be raised to prevent him, he had emptied the contents of the carpetbag upon the table. — Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools: Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists, Unknown

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