Carpet-bag

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of carpetbag. alt-of, archaic

    "The Native had previously packed, in all possible and impossible parts of Mr. Dombey’s chariot, which was in waiting, an unusual quantity of carpet-bags and small portmanteaus, […]"

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"The Native had previously packed, in all possible and impossible parts of Mr. Dombey’s chariot, which was in waiting, an unusual quantity of carpet-bags and small portmanteaus, […]"

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