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FLEA-BITTEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flea-bitten mean?
• FLEA-BITTEN (adjective)
The adjective FLEA-BITTEN has 1 sense:
1. worn and broken down by hard use
Familiarity information: FLEA-BITTEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worn and broken down by hard use
Synonyms:
creaky; decrepit; derelict; flea-bitten; run-down; woebegone
Context example:
a woebegone old shack
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Context examples
I had no difficulty in taking my right place on parade, for there was a trooper with a red nose on a flea-bitten grey, and I had observed that my post was always immediately in front of him.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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