fleabag
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈfliˌbæɡ/
- Informal
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hotel cutre
- - Yeah, I need $500 a month, every month, for my fleabag apartment.
- fleabag motel
- fleabag hotel
- fleabag room
And I mean, I moved up the street to some really fleabag motel on Crenshaw Ave.
- And I mean, I moved up the street to some really fleabag motel on Crenshaw Ave.
Examples
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These doors are pretty flimsy, like everything else in this fleabag.
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They are families whose kids play soccer and make the honor roll, and families whose kids don't go to school because they are living in a fleabag hotel room.
Blog text (25) -
We fly down there, we check into this fleabag hotel.
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Two weeks later, I wake up in some fleabag hotel.
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Look at this place, it's a fleabag.
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And now I'm stuck in this fleabag joint!
Fiction book (1999) -
"In a fleabag motel on Federal Highway.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tom, I don't know why we're staying in this fleabag.
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And I mean, I moved up the street to some really fleabag motel on Crenshaw Ave.
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After a long day of travel, we decided to stay at a run-down fleabag hotel near the highway.
Synonyms
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9.1
A very cheap place that rents small rooms to people with little money and is often in bad condition
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6.7
A cheap motel in poor condition where crime happens
1
8.6
A small dirty cinema or theater in very bad condition
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3.1
A hotel with poor rooms and bad service
Something in very bad condition and nearly falling apart
Antonyms
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2.1
A very comfortable, expensive hotel with excellent service and many facilities
How Run-down
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fleabag comes from the image of a flea-filled bag, which would be 'full of fleas' and very dirty. So a fleabag hotel means a cheap, run-down place that looks unclean.