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
  • The motel has had multiple building code violations and health code violations, according to city data.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Authorities are investigating a fire outside a Wilmington motel Friday night that may have been ignited by fireworks.
    Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • In one case, cyclosporiasis infections were traced back to tap water in a residential dormitory.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Those artifacts include musket balls found in the floorboards years ago during a renovation of Hollis Hall, a dormitory that soldiers used during fighting.
    Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps living dorm-style, students buy groceries in smaller quantities.
    Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • The researchers observed this pattern in multiple settings, including conversations between strangers, first-year college students getting to know dorm mates and adults participating in a personal development workshop.
    Kim Meninger, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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