"fleabag" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fleabag.ogg [Australia] Forms: fleabags [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): Bedding, Housing Categories (lifeform): Mammals Translations (bed or sleeping bag): спален чувал (spalen čuval) [masculine] (Bulgarian), punkka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-Z-dBqKG6 Disambiguation of Bedding: 63 22 4 12 Disambiguation of Housing: 45 46 2 6 Disambiguation of Mammals: 38 3 29 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 4 1 5 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): Housing 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 Housing: 45 46 2 6 Disambiguation of 'place of shabby lodging': 4 89 3 3
  3. (slang) An unkempt mammal. Tags: slang 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 'unkempt mammal': 0 1 76 23
  4. (slang) A mammal whom the speaker dislikes. Tags: slang Translations (mammal whom the speaker dislikes): kirppusäkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fleabag-en-noun-Z-K5dh-Z Disambiguation of 'mammal whom the speaker dislikes': 1 1 17 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flea bag, flea-bag

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