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Fleabag

//ˈfliˌbæɡ// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bed or sleeping bag. slang
  2. 2
    a run-down hotel wordnet
  3. 3
    A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment. slang

    "‘[E]veryone knows that Charlie […] takes little girls up to a room in that horrible flea-bag; but he's a respectable man just the same.’"

  4. 4
    An unkempt mammal. slang

    "He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!"

  5. 5
    A mammal whom the speaker dislikes. slang

    "Get out of the way, you fleabag!"

Etymology

From flea + bag.

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