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carpetbag

How many syllables in carpetbag?

  3 syllables

Divide carpetbag into syllables:   car-pet-bag
Primary syllable stress:   car-pet-bag
Secondary syllable stress:   car-pet-bag
How to pronounce carpetbag:   kahr-pit-bag
How to say carpetbag:

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