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Recent Examples of fleabag
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
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Mark Goodman,
The Denver Post,
12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
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Stephen Metcalf,
The Atlantic,
24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
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Kyle Smith,
National Review,
5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
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Karen Schoemer,
New York Times,
30 May 2017
Los Angeles Times,
21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—
Mark Goodman,
The Denver Post,
12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—
Stephen Metcalf,
The Atlantic,
24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—
Kyle Smith,
National Review,
5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—
Karen Schoemer,
New York Times,
30 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleabag
Noun
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Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.
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Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
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Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
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As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
Noun
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Authorities are investigating a fire outside a Wilmington motel Friday night that may have been ignited by fireworks.
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Officials said the three victims became trapped inside one of the motel rooms as the fire spread.
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Those artifacts include musket balls found in the floorboards years ago during a renovation of Hollis Hall, a dormitory that soldiers used during fighting.
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Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.
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The film has become a classic in the 27 years since its release, with the poster for the movie becoming a staple of many college dorm rooms, but the movie was not considered a success upon its release.
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What if the most radical act of welcome wasn't a policy or a program — but a dorm room sitting empty all summer?
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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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