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fleapit

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flea·pit  (flpt)
n. Chiefly British Slang
A cheap or squalid theater.
fleapit [ˈfliːˌpɪt]
n
(Performing Arts) Informal a shabby cinema or theatre
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Noun1.fleapit - an old shabby movie theater
movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace, cinema - a theater where films are shown
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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fleapit [ˈfliːpɪt] N → cine m de mala muerte
fleapit [ˈfliːˈpɪt] n (fam) → teatrucolo
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New words by this time had become firmly established within the English vocabulary: the picture house, the flicks and the fleapit were words used to great affection by the regular cinemagoers.
The days when there were 13 cinemas in town by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Life at home wasn't that great, so I took my young brothers to a matinee at the local fleapit to escape.
The lowdown on my parking space blues; The Cancer Diaries by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
It's the newest hostel in Krakow and isn't just a fleapit.
Zurich is choc full of culture... DocHoliday by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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