Example sentences from the Web for carpetbaggers

And you had the carpetbaggers and all that, but as occupations go, it wasn't so brutal.
More South-Bashing!|Michael Tomasky|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Carpetbaggers already in situ to cash in on the wasted and exhausted city.
I Watched Iraq Fall|Janine di Giovanni|March 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The other Federal departments were in similar difficulties, and at last women and "carpetbaggers" were appointed.
The Sequel of Appomattox|Walter Lynwood Fleming
When I come along, the carpetbaggers were teaching and they knew their business.
Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives|Work Projects Administration

Joe, soon after this, decided to stay in the carpetbaggers' city and take the agency of a large insurance company.
Jiglets|Walter Jones
They were called the "carpetbaggers," because they usually carried their luggage in their hands.
A Short History of the United States|Edward Channing
He scared de Yankees and Carpetbaggers and all sech folks as dem away from our country.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

carpetbaggers

Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to take part in Reconstruction governments, when persons who had supported the Confederacy were not allowed to hold public office (see Fourteenth Amendment). Some of them arrived, according to legend, carrying only one carpetbag, which symbolized their lack of permanent interest in the place they pretended to serve.

notes for carpetbaggers

Carpetbagger is still a general term for nonresident politicians who exploit their districts.

Words nearby carpetbaggers

Carpentier, carpentry, carpet, carpetbag, carpetbagger, carpetbaggers, carpet beetle, carpet-bomb, carpet bombing, carpet bowling, carpet grass

单词	carpetbaggers
释义	Example sentences from the Web for carpetbaggers And you had the carpetbaggers and all that, but as occupations go, it wasn't so brutal. More South-Bashing!\|Michael Tomasky\|May 28, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Carpetbaggers already in situ to cash in on the wasted and exhausted city. I Watched Iraq Fall\|Janine di Giovanni\|March 17, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The other Federal departments were in similar difficulties, and at last women and "carpetbaggers" were appointed. The Sequel of Appomattox\|Walter Lynwood Fleming When I come along, the carpetbaggers were teaching and they knew their business. Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives\|Work Projects Administration Joe, soon after this, decided to stay in the carpetbaggers' city and take the agency of a large insurance company. Jiglets\|Walter Jones They were called the "carpetbaggers," because they usually carried their luggage in their hands. A Short History of the United States\|Edward Channing He scared de Yankees and Carpetbaggers and all sech folks as dem away from our country. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves\|Work Projects Administration Words related to carpetbaggers ingrate, bounder, go-getter, timeserver, trimmer carpetbaggers Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to take part in Reconstruction governments, when persons who had supported the Confederacy were not allowed to hold public office (see Fourteenth Amendment). Some of them arrived, according to legend, carrying only one carpetbag, which symbolized their lack of permanent interest in the place they pretended to serve. notes for carpetbaggers Carpetbagger is still a general term for nonresident politicians who exploit their districts. Words nearby carpetbaggers Carpentier, carpentry, carpet, carpetbag, carpetbagger, carpetbaggers, carpet beetle, carpet-bomb, carpet bombing, carpet bowling, carpet grass The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Example sentences from the Web for carpetbaggers

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carpetbaggers

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