flea-bit|ten

flea-bit|ten
flea-bit|ten «FLEE BIHT uhn», adjective.
1. bitten by or infested with fleas.
2. having reddish-brown spots on a light-colored hide: »

a flea-bitten horse.

3. Figurative. shabby; miserable; squalid: »

a fleabitten kingdom in the Middle East (Maclean's). a flea-bitten acting school (Time).


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