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    An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seekingprivate gain or political advancement in the southern part of theUnited States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]

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      Carpetbaggers have a long history. The first Carpetbaggers came to the South from [Yankee] states after the Civil War to make a quick buck. Later Carpetbaggers moved to the South in the 1970s when the big 3 automakers in Detroit started to fail. Modern-day Carpetbaggers primarily move to 5 cities in Texas (El Paso, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas) to escape the wretched economic prospects of their home states (usually [California] and Yankee states). They will take jobs from Texans and are generally ungrateful bastards, frequently calling Texans rednecks and complaining about how it sucks here as compared to their squathole in [Mexifornia] or New England. If Texas sucks so much, then why are you here?

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        1. One who is somewhere they do not belong.
        2. One who moved South after the Civil War to get rich. They take over all jobs, land, money, offices, and tell everyone how to live.
        3. My neighbors. See soccer
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          A lesbian who is sexually promiscuous.

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            When northern people came to the south to take advantage of their poor situation when they were vulnerable. This was after the Civil War and people were upset about it.

            There is a modern day version which does not occur too much. See example for more.

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              One who journeys deep into teabagger-controlled territory to provide basic education in history (focusing on the [lost decade], 2000-2010, which most [teabaggers] slept through, the [bipartisan] history of presidential advisers--aka czars, and the evolution and definitions of basic political terms), economics and government finance 101, geography, and critical thinking skills.

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                one who [moves] from [the north] to south or from the south to the north that moves in a carpet-bag

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                  Someone who [brakes] into your house, or room, and [steals] as many valuables as [quickly] as they can.

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                    A girl who turns out to be worth dating. The opposite of a [scalywag], a carpetbagger generally has a [good sense] of morals, [esteem], and beauty that make her worth dating.

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                      [anything]; [miscellaneous]; [randomness]

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                        someone who tries to be elected as a politician in a place away from their home because they think there is a greater chance of succeeding there

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                          A political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.

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