Meaning of carpet-bag | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of carpetbag.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“The Native had previously packed, in all possible and impossible parts of Mr. Dombey’s chariot, which was in waiting, an unusual quantity of carpet-bags and small portmanteaus, […]”

“[…] the train⟳ arrived, the train⟳ sped on, the London lights came in view⟳—a gentleman who forgot his carpet-bag in the train⟳ rushed at a cab, and said to the man, “Drive⟳ as hard as you can go to Jermyn Street.””

“From the carpet-bag she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set⟳ of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album.”

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