# carpetbag

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19ᵗʰ century.

## Etymology
From carpet + bag.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carpetbag