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fleabag

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfliˌbæɡ

Definitions

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

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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!”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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