flea bags

Noun

flea bag (plural flea bags)

1. (slang) A disreputable place of accommodation.
   • I stayed in this hotel last year, I hated it, it's a flea bag.1993, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day
2. (derogatory, slang) An unkempt mammal, especially a dog or cat.
   • I scooped this little flea bag up and headed to the bathroom.2012, Chrystal Parker, Daily Dose of Dogs (Aka Cats with Your Coffee), →ISBN, page 379
3. (slang) A sleeping bag.
   • I slept out in my flea-bag each night—the weather was almost too hot for long-disatnce cycling—and had unwound considerably by the time I reached Mainz.1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 223
4. A poor and disreputable person.
   • He clearly had some of the spunk from the war left in him, for Tim always found the man addressing him as “flea bag,” “scum” or “maggot.”2003, Charles Merrill, The Hidden Gift, →ISBN, page 5