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carpetbagger

How many syllables in carpetbagger?

  4 syllables

Divide carpetbagger into syllables:   car-pet-bag-ger
Stressed syllable in carpetbagger:   car-pet-bag-ger
How to pronounce carpetbagger:   kahr-pit-bag-er
How to say carpetbagger:

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