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CARPET-BAG GOVERNMENT

Specialty Definition: CARPET-BAG GOVERNMENT

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Carpet-bag Government The government of mere adventurers. In America, a state in the South reorganised by "carpet-baggers," i.e. Northern political adventurers, who sought a career in the Southern States after the Civil War of 1865. [It may be noted that in America members of Congress and the State legislatures almost invariably reside in the district which they represent.]. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Modern Translation: CARPET-BAG GOVERNMENT

Language Translations for "CARPET-BAG GOVERNMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

правительство политических проходимцев. (various references)

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