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.
Words nearby fleabite
flea market,
flea-bitten,
flea-flicker,
fleabag,
fleabane,
fleabite,
fleam,
fleapit,
fleawort,
flecainide acetate,
fleck
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 MaxwellBut 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 CreightonA 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