Translations for carpetbag in the English»Spanish Dictionary

carpetbag [ˈkɑrpətˌbæɡ] N

carpetbag

bolso o maletín hecho de tejido de alfombra

English

Under a heavy coat, she wore sturdy shoes and a long skirt with a lace slip, and she carried an enormous carpetbag. www.chicagomag.com

She'd been prepping since 5 a.m. for her head-to-toe pioneer costume, complete with carpetbag. www.macleans.ca

The projects she pulls from her metaphorical carpetbag dazzle with their variety and ingenuity -- and they just keep coming. www.afr.com

In a sense, the carpetbag was a sustainable invention because it used remnants of materials which otherwise would have gone unused. en.wikipedia.org

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