Carpetbagger in a sentence

Carpetbagger meaning

1. A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
2. One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.

Using Carpetbagger

• The main meaning on this page is: A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence. | One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
• Useful related words include: opportunist, self-seeker.
• In the example corpus, carpetbagger often appears in combinations such as: klansman carpetbagger.

Context around Carpetbagger

• Average sentence length in these examples: 18.2 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
• Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Carpetbagger

• In this selection, "carpetbagger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, klansman, slimy, classic, hogging and jack stand out and add context to how "carpetbagger" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include against slimy carpetbagger jack mulligan and flush with carpetbagger cash they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "carpetbagger" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.