carpetbag
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.
verb
To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Pen jumped out of the carriage then, his carpet-bag in hand, and briskly determined to face his fortune."
- "The Five Star Movement has long railed against carpetbagging, but for all of Ms. D’Alessandro’s efforts to seem of the place — talking about her childhood in Naples and showing the bar where she had her first date — she clearly isn’t."
- "carpetbag travels"
Etymology
Usage
- American usage