fleabag
Americannoun
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a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
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any shabby or low-grade public establishment.
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a worthless racehorse.
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a dog, especially one that is flea-ridden.
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a bed.
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a sleeping bag.
noun
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a dirty or unkempt person
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a cheap or dirty hotel
Etymology
Origin of fleabag
Example Sentences
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Fleabag writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is behind the script for the show, based on the hit video game series first released in 1996.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Fleabag and Baby Reindeer also went from the Fringe to the TV screen via Soho Theatre.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Fleabag writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is behind the script for the show.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Angela Chase was a flawed female protagonist who both challenged and thrilled viewers long before Fleabag, Hannah Horvath — or, for that matter, Carrie Bradshaw.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
We call him Fleabag, for he looks like it.
From In Flanders Fields and Other Poems by Macphail, Andrew, Sir
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