fleapit

[flee-pit]

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noun British Slang.

a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.

Origin of fleapit

First recorded in 1935–40; flea + pit¹

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Related Words for fleapit

cinema, multiplex, fleapit

British Dictionary definitions for fleapit

fleapit

noun

informal a shabby cinema or theatre

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