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carpetbaggerEpithet used during the Reconstruction period (1865–77) to describe a Northerner in the South seeking private gain. The word referred to an unwelcome outsider arriving with nothing more than his belongings packed in a satchel or carpetbag. Many carpetbaggers were involved in corrupt financial schemes, but others helped rebuild the economy in the South and participated in educational and social reform. carpetbagger 1. a politician who seeks public office in a locality where he has no real connections 2. US a Northern White who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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True, Bishop Henry did not actually walk the picket line in front of the Herald building as Atwood, Callwood and other carpet bagging liberal literati did when they were in Calgary during November for a lavish arts fund-raising dinner. |
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