单词 | carpetbagger |
释义 | car·pet·bag·ger ![]() n. 1. A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage. 2. An outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality. [So called because they carried their belongings in carpetbags.] carpet·bag′ger·y n. ![]() colorized 1872 cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting Senator Carl Schurz (1820-1906) as a carpetbagger |
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