carpetbag
Fabric-covered travel bag
A carpetbag is a type of travel bag made from carpet fabric, popular in the 19th century.
The word survives mainly in carpetbagger—a derogatory term for an outsider who moves somewhere to exploit local opportunities, especially for political gain.
The original carpetbaggers were Northerners who went South after the Civil War: He was dismissed as a carpetbagger who didn't understand the district.
Post-1865 national reunification period
- scalawagAffectionate term for rogue
- Freedmen's BureauPost-Civil War relief agency
- Radical RepublicansStrict Reconstruction-era congressional bloc
- postbellumAfter a war
Fourteenth Amendment · Fifteenth Amendment · sharecropping · Jim Crow · Union Army · Emancipation Proclamation · Ku Klux Klan · enfranchisement
Portable travel container
- valiseSmall traveling case
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- gripSecure manual hold
- holdallRoomy fabric travel bag
satchel · duffel · tote · trunk · briefcase · carryall · overnighter · weekender
One exploiting shortages
- speculatorOne wagering on outcomes
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- outsiderOne excluded from group
exploiter · fortune-seeker · parvenu · arriviste · schemer · mercenary · usurper · maneuverer
Decorative woven wall cloth
- oriental rugEastern-style woven floor covering
- wovenInterlaced on loom
- fabricWoven or knit material
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
needlepoint · brocade · floral pattern · handwoven · kilim · Victorian · embroidered · upholstery fabric
Reconstruction
Post-1865 national reunification period
- scalawagAffectionate term for rogue
- Freedmen's BureauPost-Civil War relief agency
- Radical RepublicansStrict Reconstruction-era congressional bloc
postbellum · Fourteenth Amendment · Fifteenth Amendment · sharecropping · Jim Crow · Union Army · Emancipation Proclamation · Ku Klux Klan · enfranchisement · disenfranchisement
suitcase
Portable travel container
- valiseSmall traveling case
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- gripSecure manual hold
holdall · satchel · duffel · tote · trunk · briefcase · carryall · overnighter · weekender · carry-on
profiteer
One exploiting shortages
- speculatorOne wagering on outcomes
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
outsider · exploiter · fortune-seeker · parvenu · arriviste · schemer · mercenary · usurper · maneuverer · newcomer
tapestry
Decorative woven wall cloth
- oriental rugEastern-style woven floor covering
- wovenInterlaced on loom
- fabricWoven or knit material
textile · needlepoint · brocade · floral pattern · handwoven · kilim · Victorian · embroidered · upholstery fabric
- luggagesuitcase, carry-on, weekender, luggage set, holdall
- vintage travelsteamship, steamer trunk, railway station, train station, sleeping car
- Victorian antiquesbustle, corset, bonnet, cravat, waistcoat
- vintage luggagesteamer trunk, hatbox, portmanteau, valise, wardrobe trunk
carpetbagsteamer trunk
Large rigid voyage luggage
trunk · footlocker · wardrobe trunk · hardcase · wooden chest
carpetbagnative son
Man of his birthplace
local · native · homegrown · son of the soil · scalawag
carpetbagger, carpetbaggers, carpetbags, carpetbagged, carpetbagging