Examples of 'carpetbagger' in a sentence
Meaning of "carpetbagger"
A person who contests an election in an area where they have no local connection
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- A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
- One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
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I found the dog costumed as a carpetbagger amusing.
That carpetbagger thing is a dead issue.
I bet you could have married a rich carpetbagger.
There is a carpetbagger in the turnip cellar.
First brought home this carpetbagger.
He is a carpetbagger who has nothing to offer us.
You are working for a carpetbagger.
No carpetbagger will take my railroad.
Some undesirable carpetbagger.
Grant sent a carpetbagger out to install law and order.
You are a mangy carpetbagger.
The two Carpetbagger squadrons were spun off into a separate group.
My sense is that many people still see you as a carpetbagger in all of this.
Wells was a Carpetbagger and a former Union general.
Sturgis was from Connecticut so opponents called him a carpetbagger.
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In my bosom you are a dagger You are a mangy carpetbagger In the theater you are the boo.
So excuse me if I do not get too upset about you getting called a carpetbagger.
The Carpetbagger blog.
I am the rich Connecticut carpetbagger.
And he 's really a carpetbagger from Connecticut.
Critics labelled Prince a carpetbagger.
No carpetbagger will take my railroad . Yeah.
Adam Le Ray has all the charisma and threat of a carpetbagger.
It 's pretty hard to be a carpetbagger and be a mayor.
Ah, the whole business makes me feel a bit like a carpetbagger.
The word carpetbagger came up a lot, I remember.
This was the beginning of Operation Carpetbagger.
That Stanford-educated carpetbagger has been saying things about Yes.
I was agin ' it first brought home this carpetbagger.
That his Carpetbagger friends run the taxes way up sky-high on Tara.
You lying Yankee carpetbagger.
Well, Mr. Carpetbagger we have got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride.
His wife 's run off with some dandy carpetbagger.
After winning Miss USA, a carpetbagger controversy arose regarding her claimed Nevada residence.
A newcomer to the state, McCain was hit with charges of being a carpetbagger.
Edwards called Steimel " a carpetbagger from Arkansas.
Branson has been criticised for his business strategy, and has been accused of being a carpetbagger.
I can not sit and watch that one-horn carpetbagger get my time slot.
Thar 's a carpetbagger in the turnip cellar!
Nothin ' but a doggone Yankee carpetbagger.
He 's a carpetbagger for sure.
Been educated up north . Nothing but a carpetbagger.
How about a carpetbagger courting a pretty, rich girl for her family's money?
Charlie Gully's a hack and a carpetbagger.
And power . - No carpetbagger will take my railroad.
I asked how long I'm going to be a carpetbagger.
He 's a carpetbagger . No carpetbagger will take my railroad.
He once opined that " Jesus Christ was a carpetbagger.
Well, Mr. Carpetbagger we ´ ve got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride.
It was . I bet you could have married a rich carpetbagger.
