Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

carpetbag

American  
[kahr-pit-bag] / ˈkɑr pɪtˌbæg /

noun

  1. a bag for traveling, especially one made of carpeting.

verb (used without object)

carpetbagged, carpetbagging

  1. to journey with little luggage.

  2. to act as a carpetbagger.

carpetbag British  
/ ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡ /

noun

  1. a travelling bag originally made of carpeting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of carpetbag

First recorded in 1820–30; carpet + bag

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.