Fleabag
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfliˌbæɡ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fleabag is a noun meaning (slang) A bed or sleeping bag.
Meaning
(slang) A bed or sleeping bag.
More Meanings
- (slang) A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
- (slang) An unkempt mammal.
- (slang) A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
Example Sentences
Get out of the way, you fleabag!
He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
‘[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.’
[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.
Word Forms
- fleabags
- flea bag
- flea-bag
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include farter, flop, fleapit, funbag, fleabite, flob.
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