Carpet-bag
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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, […]"
Example
More examples"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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