flea bag

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flea bag

noun flea bags

  1. slang A disreputable place of accommodation. I stayed in this hotel last year, I hated it, it's a flea bag.
  2. derogatory, slang An unkempt mammal, especially a dog or cat. I scooped this little flea bag up and headed to the bathroom.
  3. slang A sleeping bag. I slept out in my flea-bag each night—the weather was almost too hot for long-disatnce cycling—and had unwound considerably by the time I reached Mainz.
  4. A poor and disreputable person. He clearly had some of the spunk from the war left in him, for Tim always found the man addressing him as “flea bag,” “scum” or “maggot.”

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noun disreputable place of accommodation

Русскийклопо́вник klopóvnik

noun (slang) dog

Françaissac à puces
Italianosacco di pulci

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@misc{flea_bag_2026,
  title = {flea bag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flea%20bag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}