carpetbag

2 definitions found

carpetbag - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carpetbag \Car"pet*bag`\, n.
     A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally
     made of carpet.
     [1913 Webster]

carpetbag - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carpetbag
      adj 1: following the practices or characteristic of
             carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag
             government"
      2: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new
         locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
         [syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging]
      n 1: traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century