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carpet-bag

Portuguese translation: carteira/mala de tecido

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English term or phrase:carpet-bag
Portuguese translation:carteira/mala de tecido
Entered by: Ana Rita Simões

23:32 Jan 7, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: carpet-bag
«At her side was a large carpet-bag; in her lap was a shead of papers (...) »

Obrigada pela vossa ajuda!
Ana Rita Simões
Portugal
Local time: 13:42
carteira/mala de tecido
Explanation:
http://images.google.pt/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=pt-PT&q="ca...

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A carpet bag is a traveling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug, ranging in size from a small purse to a large duffel bag.

Such bags were popular in the United States and Europe during the 19th century. They are still made to this day, typically as women's decorative small luggage and purses, although typically no longer out of old carpets.

The carpetbaggers of the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War were given their name from this type of luggage which they carried.

From the Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 "The old-fashioned carpet bag (Fig. 1) is still unsurpassed by any, where rough wear is the principal thing to be studied. Such a bag, if constructed of good Brussels carpeting and unquestionable workmanship, will last a lifetime, provided always that a substantial frame is used."

Carpet bags sometimes also served the dual use as a "railway rug", a common item in the 19th century to keep warm in drafty and unheated rail-cars. The rug could either be opened as a blanket, or latched up on the sides as a dual purpose traveling bag. From Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879): "... my railway-rug, which, being also in the form of a bag, made me a double castle for cold nights."

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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 13:42
Grading comment
Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4carteira/mala de tecido
Mariana Moreira
4 +2valise
Christiane Jost
5maleta de viagem de pano
José António de Freitas e Silva
4mala de tapete
Marlene Curtis
4saco/mala/bolsa de viagem
Elvira Alves Barry


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
valise


Explanation:
Sug.

Christiane Jost
Brazil
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lenapires
27 mins
  -> Obrigada, Helena
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Claudio
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
carteira/mala de tecido


Explanation:
http://images.google.pt/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=pt-PT&q="ca...

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Note added at 3 mins (2008-01-07 23:35:45 GMT)
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A carpet bag is a traveling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug, ranging in size from a small purse to a large duffel bag.

Such bags were popular in the United States and Europe during the 19th century. They are still made to this day, typically as women's decorative small luggage and purses, although typically no longer out of old carpets.

The carpetbaggers of the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War were given their name from this type of luggage which they carried.

From the Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 "The old-fashioned carpet bag (Fig. 1) is still unsurpassed by any, where rough wear is the principal thing to be studied. Such a bag, if constructed of good Brussels carpeting and unquestionable workmanship, will last a lifetime, provided always that a substantial frame is used."

Carpet bags sometimes also served the dual use as a "railway rug", a common item in the 19th century to keep warm in drafty and unheated rail-cars. The rug could either be opened as a blanket, or latched up on the sides as a dual purpose traveling bag. From Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879): "... my railway-rug, which, being also in the form of a bag, made me a double castle for cold nights."



Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 13:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 75
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lenapires
28 mins
  -> Obrigada, Helena
agree  Nuno Machado
1 hr
  -> Nuno, obrigada
agree  Jorge Freire
1 hr
  -> Jorge, obrigada
agree  Humberto Ribas: Carpet-baggers tb pode ser aventureiro político. Os Insaciáveis em, português. Título de um livro que conta a história de Jonas Cord (possivelmente Howard Hughes). Deu-me um branco no nome do autor.
8 hrs
  -> Humberto, obrigada
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
maleta de viagem de pano


Explanation:
Carpet bag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A carpet bag is a traveling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug, ranging in size from a small purse to a large duffel bag. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_bag

José António de Freitas e Silva
Portugal
Local time: 13:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mala de tapete


Explanation:
Essas malas antigas eram mesmo confeccionadas em tapete.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-01-08 02:31:04 GMT)
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Favor ver

http://www.carpetbagreplicas.com/bag-construction.html

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1973
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
saco/mala/bolsa de viagem


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 13:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
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