carpet-bag

Others were of a date during the reconstruction of the Southern states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had evidently taken a strong part in opposing the carpet-bag politicians who had been sent down from the North.

Sole Music 2010

Which raises the whole business of whether the likes of Murdoch, who gave up any formal link to the UK when he took his carpet-bag from Australia to the USA (because, it is said, of restrictions there on non-nationals being involved in majority ownership of the media) many years ago.

Has the Sun Got Its Hat On Today? 2008

Which raises the whole business of whether the likes of Murdoch, who gave up any formal link to the UK when he took his carpet-bag from Australia to the USA (because, it is said, of restrictions there on non-nationals being involved in majority ownership of the media) many years ago.

Archive 2008-01-27 2008

Or maybe she could carpet-bag to New York, like Hillary?

Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

Or maybe she could carpet-bag to New York, like Hillary?

Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

“Kumm,” the Moslem sleeve is mostly (like his trousers) of ample dimensions and easily converted into a kind of carpet-bag by depositing small articles in the middle and gathering up the edge in the hand.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Matthew Williamson produced a collection that he says was inspired by a handbag he bought on Portobello Road in London -- "a crusty vintage thing" with a carpet-bag look, he told me with a grin after the show.

Power Office Attire on the Runways 2008

She was carrying, in addition, a large carpet-bag, which seemed very heavy.

Les Miserables 2008

The mother passed the night at the inn, gave up her money and left her child, fastened her carpet-bag once more, now reduced in volume by the removal of the outfit, and light henceforth and set out on the following morning, intending to return soon.

Les Miserables 2008

Hardly was Monsieur des Grassins allowed to see the figure of a young man, accompanied by a porter from the coach-office carrying two large trunks and dragging a carpet-bag after him, than Monsieur

Eug�nie Grandet 2007