Meaning of fleabag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bed or sleeping bag.
   slang
2. A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
   slang
3. An unkempt mammal.
   slang
4. A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“‘[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.”

“He's become⟳ a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!”

“Get⟳ out of the way, you fleabag!”

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