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Definition of Flea-bitten
1. Adjective. Worn and broken down by hard use. "A woebegone old shack"
Definition of Flea-bitten
1. Adjective. Infested with fleas ¹
2. Adjective. decrepit or dilapidated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flea-bitten
Literary usage of Flea-bitten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1904)
"Examples: cherry bay, flea-bitten upon the left cheek; ... flea-bitten at the
tail from birth. ... The grayish and the flea-bitten difl'er from the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"30. FLEA-BITE. A mere trifle. Vor. dial. flea-bitten. Of a dark speckled colour.
" A flea-bitten horse never tires," old proverb. See Ben Jonson, iv. 482. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"30. FLEA-BITE. A mere trifle. Far. dial. flea-bitten. Of a dark speckled colour.
" A flea-bitten horse never tires," old proverb. See Ben Jonson, iv. 482. ..."
4. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1851)
"... were not flea-bitten, seemed to indicate, that if these spots were merely
flea-bites, there must be some kind of proneness to be affected by the bites, ..."
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