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The term carpetbagger used exclusively as a pejorative term originated from the carpet bags a form of cheap luggage made from carpet fabric which many of these newcomers carried.
During the reconstruction period 1865 77 to denote a northerner who moved to the south.
The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
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The term is now used in the united states to refer to a parachute candidate that is an outsider who runs.
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