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Carpetbag

noun
1.
Traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century.



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"Carpetbag" Quotes from Famous Books



... opened it so quietly that it did not excite my apprehensions in the least, although I had my right hand on my six-shooter, intending to draw and cover him the moment the stage stopped. He made a desperate lunge at his breast with the knife, and handing me a carpetbag which lay on his lap, he said, "The money is all in this bag, sir," just as if we had been talking the whole matter over. I, fearing that he might strike at me with the knife, drew my revolver and struck him sharply over the knuckles, ...
— The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier • Charles E. Flandrau

... What does that stand for?" said little Hendie, reading the white letters painted on the black leather bottom of nurse's carpetbag. He got back, now, often, in the daytime, to his old nursery quarters, where his father liked to hear his chatter and play, for a short time together—though he still slept, with Mahala, upstairs. "Does that ...
— Faith Gartney's Girlhood • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney



Words linked to "Carpetbag" :   bag, grip, expedient, carpetbagging, carpetbagger, traveling bag, travelling bag, suitcase



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