A dog meets a crocodile. The crocodile says to the dog "Hello, fleabag!" The dog responds "Hello, handbag!"
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Fleabag
//ˈfliˌbæɡ//
Synonyms for "fleabag" (21 found)
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Related words (10)
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Translations
13 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- долнопробен хотел noun (place of shabby lodging)
- спален чувал noun (bed or sleeping bag)
Finnish
4 entries- kirppusäkki noun (unkempt mammal)
- kirppusäkki noun (mammal whom the speaker dislikes)
- läävä noun (place of shabby lodging)
- punkka noun (bed or sleeping bag)
French
1 entries- sac à puces noun (unkempt mammal)
Hungarian
2 entries- bolhafészek noun (place of shabby lodging)
- bolhafészek noun (unkempt mammal)
Portuguese
2 entries- pulgueiro noun (place of shabby lodging)
- pulguento noun (unkempt mammal)
Spanish
2 entries- pulguienta noun (unkempt mammal)
- pulguiento noun (unkempt mammal)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
‘[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.’
Source: wiktionary
[W]hat Olin could do was take himself on out of the agent's office at a rapid hike and thank God all the way back to the fleabag where he worked that Mike Enslin had decided not to sue either the hotel or Olin for negligence.
Source: wiktionary
He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
Source: wiktionary
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