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carpetbag
adjective
noun
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- G
- Contains
- ARPETBA
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
“a carpetbag stranger”
adjective
following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
“carpetbag adventurers”
noun
traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
In context
Example Sentences
a carpetbag stranger
a carpetbag politician
carpetbag adventurers
a carpetbag government
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