ˈcarpet-ˌbagging orig. and chiefly U.S.
Travelling with only a carpet-bag to contain one's effects; spec. the practice of a carpet-bagger. Also attrib.
| 1869 Atlantic Monthly June 747 After three weeks' delightful Carpet-Bagging. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. iii. lxxv. II. 621 Negro suffrage produced, during the few years of ‘carpet-bagging’ and military government which followed the war, incredible mischief. 1904 N.Y. Even. Post. 1 Feb., The infernal ‘carpet-bagging’ system at present in vogue should be done away with. 1955 Times 26 May 4/3 In this carpet-bagging age, a home-grown politician is as rare as a home-grown professional footballer. |