"flea pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flea pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flea pit (plural flea pits)
  1. (colloquial) A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Buildings, Film
    Sense id: en-flea_pit-en-noun-rSWIHfhI

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          "ref": "1964, Dylan Thomas, The Doctor and the Devils",
          "text": "The Upland Cinema (\"The Flea Pit\") stood on the corner of The Grove, the street where he had been born.",
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          "ref": "1970, Colm Luibhéid, All the Green Gold: an Irish boyhood",
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          "ref": "1980, Mervyn Thompson, All My Lives",
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          "ref": "2004, Keith Spratley, Provincial Eye: The Short Stories",
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