fleabag
US/ˈfliˌbæɡ/
fleabag noun: a bed or sleeping bag.
Noun
fleabag (plural fleabags)
- A bed or sleeping bag.
- A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
- ‘[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.’1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 184
- [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.1999, Stephen King, “1408”, in Everything's Eventual, published 2002
- An unkempt mammal.
- He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
- A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
- Get out of the way, you fleabag!
Forms of fleabag
| plural | fleabags |
|---|---|
| alternative form | flea bag |
| alternative form | flea-bag |
Origin of fleabag
From flea + bag.
Words formed from fleabag
Phrases with fleabag
Questions about fleabag
- What does fleabag mean?
- Fleabag means a bed or sleeping bag.
- What part of speech is fleabag?
- Fleabag is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fleabag?
- Fleabag is pronounced /ˈfliˌbæɡ/ (US).
- What is the plural of fleabag?
- The plural of fleabag is fleabags.
Words near fleabag in the dictionary
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