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/flee"pit'/, n. Brit. Slang.a shabby public place, esp. a run-down motion-picture theater.[1935-40; FLEA + PIT1]
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fleapit — UK [ˈfliːˌpɪt] / US [ˈflɪˌpɪt] noun [countable] Word forms fleapit : singular fleapit plural fleapits British informal an old dirty cinema … English dictionary
fleapit — [[t]fli͟ːpɪt[/t]] fleapits also flea pit N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a cinema or theatre as a fleapit, you mean that it is old and does not look very clean or tidy. [BRIT, HUMOROUS, INFORMAL] … English dictionary
fleapit — noun Date: 1937 British a dilapidated building usually housing a movie theater … New Collegiate Dictionary
Fleapit — shabby, dirty room or building, especially a cinema … Dictionary of Australian slang
fleapit — Australian Slang shabby, dirty room or building, especially a cinema … English dialects glossary
fleapit — flea|pit [ˈfli:ˌpıt] n old fashioned a cheap dirty cinema or theatre used humorously … Dictionary of contemporary English
fleapit — n a cheap, dirty cinema. Originally the term usually referred to the front stalls section and the pit in front of the screen. Before World War II, in the case of rural cinemas especially, the term was often a literal description … Contemporary slang
fleapit — n. (Informal) dirty old and run down movie theatre; (Slang) flea house … English contemporary dictionary
