carpetbag adventurers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I closed the carpetbag and went out into the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
But I'd prefer her to remain carpetbag Senator from NY. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Congressional Supporters Back Off Plan To Push Hillary As Veep] Reference
This talk of finding a place to carpetbag to is ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Baldwin interested in congressional run] Reference
I sat down at the oars and put the carpetbag between my knees. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Looking down to the black carpetbag he carried, I shook my head. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting]
David took off the jacket and we put that into the carpetbag too. From Wordnik.com. [Farthing] Reference
"I'm Spinello," he said, cane in one hand, carpetbag in the other. From Wordnik.com. [Rulers of the Darkness]
I got the saucer out of the carpetbag and poured some milk into it. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Men from the baggage car met them, carrying her trunk and carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [red dust] Reference
Still on my back, I made a grab for the carpetbag and tried to sit up. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
“Hold on,” I said and stepped out of the net to get the carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I pulled my bag out of the carpetbag and extracted Mummy's jewel case. From Wordnik.com. [Farthing] Reference
Pecksniff had only a carpetbag, while Mr Jonas had only a portmanteau. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
He turned to gaze dreamily downriver, and I escaped with the carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I set the carpetbag over with the luggage and began dishing up the eggs. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He took her carpetbag, quite naturally, and we all went into the buffet. From Wordnik.com. [Farthing] Reference
Out of it come to de top, de carpetbag, de scalawags and then de Ku Klux. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
I left the carpetbag open, set it between my knees, and took up the oars. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
The frogs and crickets started up, and more faint mewings from the carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
And my grabbing the carpetbag as it toppled, and sending Cyril into the drink. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I put them in the carpetbag and looked round the room for any other stray items. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
“I managed to save some of the luggage,” he said, and handed me the carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I grabbed the other box and the carpetbag and the covered basket up and followed him. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
The seneshal was carrying a large carpetbag filled with the queen's personal effects. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
I took advantage of his distraction to pick up the carpetbag and hide it behind my back. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He proposed, for example, a spot that showed her policy agenda emerging from a carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [Freddy's Third Guru] Reference
As soon as they were out of sight, I opened the carpetbag and checked on Princess Arjumand. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
This time, walking out of the Dakota onto Seventy-second Street, carpetbag in hand, I knew. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
She carpetbagged the NY senate seat the same way she is trying to carpetbag the presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Final Zogby Poll: Obama Ahead In N.H. By 13] Reference
A subsidence followed, and the scalawag-carpetbag-Negro governments began a fresh existence. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
The trunk already stood in the hall; she had only to finish packing her valise and carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [red dust] Reference
I opened the carpetbag, took out the boater, shut the bag and carried it back into the circle. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I pounced, clapping the open carpetbag over her and scooping her up like the fish she was after. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
"The landlady showed me the room, and the money was in his carpetbag, hidden under some clothes.". From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
A carpetbag full of shoes in her hand, she waited for him to begin, lead or share a conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Beloved]
I knelt down next to the cloister wall, set the bottle of milk on a stone, and opened the carpetbag. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
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