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Definition of Fleabites
1. fleabite [n] - See also: fleabite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleabites
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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