"carpet-bag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carpet-bags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carpet-bag (plural carpet-bags)
  1. Archaic form of carpetbag. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: carpetbag
    Sense id: en-carpet-bag-en-noun-zMnXp6-F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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