flea-bitten

flea-bit·ten

(flē′bĭt′n)

adj.

1. Covered with fleas or fleabites.

2. Informal Seedy; dilapidated: a flea-bitten couch.

3. Having a pale coat with reddish-brown flecks. Used of horses.

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flea-bitten

adj

1. (Zoology) bitten by or infested with fleas

2. informal shabby or decrepit; mean

3. (Zoology) (of the coat of a horse) having reddish-brown spots on a lighter background

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flea′-bit`ten

adj.

1. bitten by or infested with fleas.

2. shabby; dilapidated; wretched.

3. (of a horse) having a light-colored coat with small brown or reddish spots or streaks.

[1560–70]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

flea-bitten - 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" creaky, decrepit, derelict, run-down, woebegone worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

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Translations

flea-bitten

[ˈfliːbɪtn] ADJ (lit) [dog] → pulgoso (fig) → miserable

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flea-bitten

[ˈfliːˌbɪtn] adj → pulcioso/a (fig) → pidocchioso/a

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