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carpetbagger
noun
(car-pet-bag-ger)
a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments
carpetbagger
noun
(car-pet-bag-ger)
outsider; especially : a nonresident or new resident who seeks private gain from an area often by meddling in its business or politics
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