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
  • Tucked into what was once a divey motel and is now the rehabbed Best Bet Motor Lodge, the Reno Sauna Club is an oasis of cool.
    Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The nonprofit previously settled a $3 million lawsuit with California Attorney General Rob Bonta over more than $100 million in state Project Homekey funds for motel conversions that were never built.
    Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • At least one person was killed, and 15 were wounded in Kyiv, where residential buildings, warehouses, a supermarket, and a dormitory were damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Sunday.
    Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • The strikes sparked fires in five districts of the city, damaging residential buildings, office and industrial sites, a dormitory and vehicles, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Save up to 50% on school supplies, backpacks, tech, dorm essentials and classroom must-haves.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Dorm Décor Is No Joke Outfitting said tiny dorm rooms with monograms, dust ruffles, and designer-level home decor has become quite the beast itself at Southern colleges.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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