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
  • Without the air conditioning, security and electricity of the motel rooms, the plaintiffs are in danger, the suit alleges.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • The neighborhood/area Daunt’s sits in the middle of Montauk’s classic motel zone, with the Plaza and restaurants and shops along Highway 27 a few steps in one direction and Kirby Park Beach in the other.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The new modular jail is expected to provide about 100 beds across cells and dormitory-like areas.
    Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes the dorm beds have individual outlets, but other times they’re scattered around the room, which is less than ideal.
    Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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