Meaning

4 senses
  1. (slang)A bed or sleeping bag.

  2. (slang)A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.

    a run-down hotel

  3. (slang)An unkempt mammal.

    He's become a real fleabag recently. Time for a bath!

  4. (slang)A mammal whom the speaker dislikes.

    Get out of the way, you fleabag!

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A dog meets a crocodile. The crocodile says to the dog "Hello, fleabag!" The dog responds "Hello, handbag!"

    ruВстречаются как-то собака и крокодил. Крокодил говорит: "Привет, блошиный мешок!" А собака отвечает: "Привет, дамская сумочка!"

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From flea + bag.

From flea + bag.

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Forms

plural: fleabags

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfleabaggy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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