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• car|pet-bomb — «KAHR piht BOM», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to bomb an area by covering it with bombs as with a carpet; engage in carpet bombing …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|bag|ger|y — «KAHR piht BAG uhr ee», noun. U.S. carpetbaggism …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|bag|ger — «KAHR piht BAG uhr», noun. U.S. 1. a) a Northerner who went to the South to get political or other advantages during the time of disorganization that followed the American Civil War: »moving in the best circles of carpetbagger society (Margaret… …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|bag|gism — «KAHR piht BAG ihz uhm», noun. U.S. 1. the practices or methods of carpetbaggers. 2. government by carpetbaggers …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|bag — «KAHR piht BAG», noun, adjective, verb, bagged, bag|ging. –n. a traveling bag made of carpet: »Our dozen trunks and half dozen carpetbags, being already packed and labelled (Hawthorne). –adj. U.S. of or having to do with the practices of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|ing — «KAHR puh tihng», noun. 1. a) a fabric for carpets or other floor coverings: »Wilton carpeting. b) carpets: »Matting and carpeting have done much for the stone floor (Leigh Hunt). 2. a covering that resembles or suggests a carpet: »Figurative.… …   Useful english dictionary

• car|pet|weed — «KAHR piht WEED», noun. an annual, North American, prostrate weed introduced from tropical America and now common in the central and eastern United States. It forms mats over the ground …   Useful english dictionary

• un|car|pet|ed — «uhn uhm>AR puh tihd», adjective. not carpeted …   Useful english dictionary

• car´pet|less — …   Useful english dictionary

• car·pet·bag·ger — /ˈkɑɚpətˌbægɚ/ noun, pl gers [count] disapproving 1 : a person from the northern United States who went to the South after the American Civil War to make money 2 : a political candidate who runs for office in a place where he or she has lived… …   Useful english dictionary