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Carpet-bag Government

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The government of mere adventurers. In America, a state in the South reorganised bycarpet-baggers,” i.e. Northern political adventurers, who sought a career in the Southern States after the Civil War of 1865. [It may be noted that in America members of Congress and the State legislatures almost invariably reside in the district which they represent.]

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Carney
Carnival
Carotid Artery
Carouse
Carpathian Wizard
Carpe Diem
Carpenter
Carpet
Carpet-bag Adventurer (A)
Carpet-bag Government
Carpet Knight
Carpocratians
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Carronades
Carry Arms!
Carry Coals
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Carry One’s Point (To)