flea-bitten \flea"-bit`ten\, a.
1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
[1913 Webster]
2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said
of the color of a horse.
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3. same as creaky, 1. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: creaky, decrepit, run-down, rundown, woebegone.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flea-bitten
adj : worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a
decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood";
"a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, run-down,
woebegone]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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