"fleabag" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fleabag.ogg Forms: fleabags [plural]
Etymology: From flea + bag. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flea|bag}} flea + bag Head templates: {{en-noun}} fleabag (plural fleabags)
  1. (slang) A bed or sleeping bag. Tags: slang Translations (bed or sleeping bag): спален чувал (spalen čuval) [masculine] (Bulgarian), punkka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-Z-dBqKG6 Disambiguation of 'bed or sleeping bag': 99 1 0 1
  2. (slang) A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Bedding, Housing Categories (lifeform): Mammals Translations (place of shabby lodging): долнопробен хотел (english: dolnoproben hotel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), läävä (Finnish), bolhafészek (Hungarian), pulgueiro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-PLbIBBIe Disambiguation of Bedding: 23 63 4 10 Disambiguation of Housing: 6 85 3 7 Disambiguation of Mammals: 2 34 33 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 54 7 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 54 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 60 7 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 68 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 64 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 63 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 64 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 66 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 64 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 74 3 12 Disambiguation of 'place of shabby lodging': 2 93 3 2
  3. (slang) An unkempt mammal. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Mammals Translations (unkempt mammal): kirppusäkki (Finnish), sac à puces [masculine] (French), bolhafészek (Hungarian), pulguento [masculine] (Portuguese), pulguienta [feminine] (Spanish), pulguiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-2iXO0ZvQ Disambiguation of Mammals: 2 34 33 31 Disambiguation of 'unkempt mammal': 0 1 76 23
  4. (slang) A mammal whom the speaker dislikes. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Mammals Translations (mammal whom the speaker dislikes): kirppusäkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-Z-K5dh-Z Disambiguation of Mammals: 2 34 33 31 Disambiguation of 'mammal whom the speaker dislikes': 1 1 18 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flea bag, flea-bag

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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