fleabite
[ flee-bahyt ]
/ ˈfliˌbaɪt /
noun
the bite of a flea.
the red spot caused by the bite of a flea.
any petty annoyance or irritation, as a trifling wound.
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Words nearby fleabite
flea market, flea-bitten, flea-flicker, fleabag, fleabane, fleabite, fleam, fleapit, fleawort, flecainide acetate, fleck
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Example sentences from the Web for fleabite
But that expense was a fleabite when compared with the cost of the structural alterations that were now fairly in hand.
Mrs. Thompson|William Babington MaxwellBut punctilli are infections commonly sanguineous, as if they had arisen from a fleabite, only they remain continually.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles CreightonA thousand cars are a fleabite compared with the daily movement in the busy season.
The Country's Need of Greater Railway Facilities and Terminals|James Jerome Hill“Why, that was only a fleabite, youngster,” he replied laughing.
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British Dictionary definitions for fleabite
fleabite
/ (ˈfliːˌbaɪt) /
noun
the bite of a flea
a slight or trifling annoyance or discomfort
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