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fleabag
/ˈfliˌbæɡ/
noun 4
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4ADJ.
real
VERB + FLEABAG
back, become
FLEABAG + NOUN
dog
ADV.
recently
Definitions
noun
1
A bed or sleeping bag.
2
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.’
[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.
3
An unkempt mammal.
He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
4
A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.
Get out of the way, you fleabag!
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‘[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.’
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[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 hote
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He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!
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A dog meets a crocodile. The crocodile says to the dog "Hello, fleabag!" The dog responds "Hello, handbag!"
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