单词 | carpet-bagging |
释义 | carpet-baggingn. Originally and chiefly U.S. Travelling with only a carpet-bag to contain one's effects; spec. the practice of a carpet-bagger. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling with small amount of luggage carpet-bagging1869 society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > carpet-bagging carpet-bag rule1857 carpet-bagging1869 carpet-baggism1872 carpet-baggery1884 society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [adjective] > carpet-bagging carpet-bag1857 carpet-bagging1904 1869 Atlantic Monthly June 747 After three weeks' delightful Carpet-Bagging. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxv. 621 Negro suffrage produced, during the few years of ‘carpet-bagging’ and military government which followed the war, incredible mischief. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 1 Feb. The infernal ‘carpet-bagging’ system at present in vogue should be done away with. 1955 Times 26 May 4/3 In this carpet-bagging age, a home-grown politician is as rare as a home-grown professional footballer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1869 |
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