fleabite

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UK/ˈfliːbʌɪt/

noun

The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.

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Meanings

nounfleabite (plural fleabites)

plural fleabites · alternative flea-bite

  1. The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
  2. Something which causes only trifling irritation; a minor inconvenience.

    He was a rich man, and the £2,000 a year, though not exactly a fleabite, did not seem an extravagant price to pay for the boarding-out of Crispina.

    1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 408

Origin

From flea + bite.

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Translations

Danish loppebid
  • loppebidbite of a flea
German Flohbiss
  • Flohbissbite of a flea
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APA

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Chicago

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