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      carpetbagged
      noun
      traveling bag made of carpet
      adjective
      presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
      following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
      Roots
      carpitacarpet- · Latin · thick clothbaggibag- · Old Norse · bag, packed-ged · Old English · past tense
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