fleabag

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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. 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
  • Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Photos and video on social media show the roof of a motel being blown off and damage to other buildings along Route 13 northeast of downtown.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bass defended Inside Safe, a housing initiative launched by Bass to move people from street encampments into temporary motel and hotel rooms.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In his Missouri Western dormitory office on Wednesday morning, Reid acknowledged an instantaneous turn toward 2026.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Camron Harris, 19, was found hiding in a dormitory closet on campus when he was apprehended Saturday afternoon.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Mississippi mom of three started the business after decorating her own daughter’s dorm room at Mississippi State in 2020 and posting photos on Facebook.
    Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Prediction markets nonetheless enable an 18-year-old freshman to place a sports bet from a dorm room.
    Emily Stack, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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