fleabag en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈfliˌbæɡ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From flea + bag.
Meanings
- (slang) A bed or sleeping bag.
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(slang) A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
‘[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.’
1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 184:[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.
1999, Stephen King, “1408”, in Everything's Eventual, published 2002:
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(slang) An unkempt mammal.
He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
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(slang) A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
Get out of the way, you fleabag!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flea bag | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fleabags | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| flea-bag | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (13)
fr sac à puces (unkempt mammal) · fi läävä (place of shabby lodging) · fi punkka (bed or sleeping bag) · es pulguiento (unkempt mammal) · pt pulgueiro (place of shabby lodging) · bg спален чувал (bed or sleeping bag) · pt pulguento (unkempt mammal) · hu bolhafészek (unkempt mammal) · fi kirppusäkki (mammal whom the speaker dislikes) · es pulguienta (unkempt mammal) · fi kirppusäkki (unkempt mammal) · hu bolhafészek (place of shabby lodging) · bg долнопробен хотел (place of shabby lodging)