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Flea-bitten   /fli-bˈɪtən/   Listen
Flea-bitten

adjective
1.
Worn and broken down by hard use.  Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, run-down, woebegone.  "A decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" , "A flea-bitten sofa" , "A run-down neighborhood" , "A woebegone old shack"






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"Flea-bitten" Quotes from Famous Books



... Carmen. "I want you to stay with me as long as you can. I like you in those clothes." She smiled at him as if she would like him in anything; but Nick was thinking about Jim Beach, wondering if the boy would have trouble with the flea-bitten gray, which he himself had newly broken ...
— The Port of Adventure • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... Hofe was the only member of the party who from habit insisted on leggings and boots. Their horses were steady, flea-bitten little beasts, not unlike mustangs, and mounts had been provided for the gun-bearers, to the huge delight of all three. Gholab Singh also demanded a horse, which he obtained, as being worthy of ...
— The Rogue Elephant - The Boys' Big Game Series • Elliott Whitney



Words linked to "Flea-bitten" :   worn, woebegone



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