flea pit
flea pit noun: a dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema.
Noun
flea pit (plural flea pits)
- A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema.
- The Upland Cinema ("The Flea Pit") stood on the corner of The Grove, the street where he had been born.1964, Dylan Thomas, The Doctor and the Devils
- The Regal is no longer there, but, when I was eight, nine, and ten it was a flea pit down beside the harbor.1970, Colm Luibhéid, All the Green Gold: an Irish boyhood
Examples of flea pit in a sentence
- I remember going to the pictures at the local flea pit and seeing Riders of Death Valley, a serial in which I avidly #followed the fortunes of my hero Jim . . .1980, Mervyn Thompson, All My Lives:
- The term flea pit was not justified as the cinema turned out to be clean and well maintained.2004, Keith Spratley, Provincial Eye: The Short Stories:
Forms of flea pit
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Questions about flea pit
- What does flea pit mean?
- Flea pit means a dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema.
- How do you use flea pit in a sentence?
- I remember going to the pictures at the local flea pit and seeing Riders of Death Valley, a serial in which I avidly #followed the fortunes of my hero Jim . . .
- What part of speech is flea pit?
- Flea pit is a noun.
- What is the plural of flea pit?
- The plural of flea pit is flea pits.
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