| slovo | definícia |
carpetbag
(encz) | carpetbag, |
Carpetbag
(gcide) | Carpetbag \Car"pet*bag`\, n.
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally
made of carpet.
[1913 Webster] |
carpetbag
(wn) | carpetbag
adj 1: following the practices or characteristic of
carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag
government"
2: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new
locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
[syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging]
n 1: traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
carpetbag
(encz) | carpetbag, |
carpetbagger
(encz) | carpetbagger,cizí člověk Zdeněk Brožcarpetbagger,volební kandidát Zdeněk Brož |
Carpetbagger
(gcide) | Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, n.
An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man
seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern
part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]
[1913 Webster] |
carpetbag
(wn) | carpetbag
adj 1: following the practices or characteristic of
carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag
government"
2: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new
locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
[syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging]
n 1: traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century |
carpetbagger
(wn) | carpetbagger
n 1: an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried
to take over the south" |
carpetbagging
(wn) | carpetbagging
adj 1: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new
locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
[syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging] |
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