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fleabags

fleabags is the plural of fleabag.

Meaning of fleabag

Noun

fleabag (plural fleabags)

  1. (slang) A bed or sleeping bag.
  2. (slang) 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
  3. (slang) An unkempt mammal.
    • He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
  4. (slang) A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
    • Get out of the way, you fleabag!

Questions about fleabags

What is fleabags the plural of?
Fleabags is the plural of fleabag.

Words near fleabags in the dictionary

  1. flea-powder
  2. flea-ridden
  3. fleabag
  4. Fleabag era
  5. fleabaggy
  6. fleabags
  7. fleabane
  8. fleabanes
  9. fleabeetle
  10. fleabeetles
  11. fleabite

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