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.

Origin of fleabite

First recorded in 1400–50, fleabite is from late Middle English flee byte. See flea, bite

Words nearby fleabite

fldxt, flea, fleabag, fleabane, flea beetle, fleabite, flea-bitten, flea collar, flea-flicker, fleam, flea market

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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 Maxwell
But 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 Creighton
A 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.
Afloat at Last|John Conroy Hutcheson

British Dictionary definitions for fleabite

fleabite

/ (ˈfliːˌbaɪt) /

noun

the bite of a flea

a slight or trifling annoyance or discomfort

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单词	fleabite
释义	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. Origin of fleabite First recorded in 1400–50, fleabite is from late Middle English flee byte. See flea, bite Words nearby fleabite fldxt, flea, fleabag, fleabane, flea beetle, fleabite, flea-bitten, flea collar, flea-flicker, fleam, flea market Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 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 Maxwell But 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 Creighton A 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. Afloat at Last\|John Conroy Hutcheson British Dictionary definitions for fleabite fleabite / (ˈfliːˌbaɪt) / noun the bite of a flea a slight or trifling annoyance or discomfort Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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