Definition of Fleabites

1. Noun. (plural of fleabite) ¹

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Definition of Fleabites

1. fleabite [n] - See also: fleabite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleabites

flea bag
flea bags
flea beetle
flea beetles
flea bite
flea circus
flea in one's ear
flea market
flea markets
flea pit
fleabag
fleabags
fleabane
fleabanes
fleabite
fleabites (current term)
fleabitten
fleaborne
fleahopper
fleahoppers
fleak
fleaker
fleakers
fleaking
flealike
fleam
fleams
fleamy
fleapit
fleapits

Literary usage of Fleabites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On slight ailments: Their Nature and Treatment by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"Those who have not studied fleabites should do so, and you will find abundant opportunities in the wards of the hospitals for the observation of fleabites ..."

2. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Moore Neligan, Thomas Waugh Belcher, . (1866)
"fleabites. 2. Scurvy. fleabites are most abundant where the folds of the clothes are thick, as on the neck, wrists, waist, and ankles ; while purpura ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Sensations like fleabites, in different parts, for several days (eighth day),0.—Sensation like fleabites, in different spots, on the legs, ..."

4. Cothurmus and Lyre. by Edward John Harding (1878)
"You gentlemen as never know what 'tis to want for a meal, you mid think that our troubles be mere fleabites—but a thousand fleabites, fresh- made every day ..."

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