fleabag
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfliˌbæɡ/
noun
Etymology: From flea + bag.
- 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.’”
“[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.”
- 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!”