Dictionary Entry
carpetbag
carpetbag is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
- 2noun
traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- 3adjective
presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
"a carpetbag stranger"
"a capetbag politician"
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- 4adjective
following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
"carpetbag adventurers"
"a carpetbag government"
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