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Flea-bite   Listen
noun
Flea-bite  n.  
1.
The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
2.
A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea.





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"Flea-bite" Quotes from Famous Books



... it would be something like that," said Crawley coolly. "It is a flea-bite to me. You take my tip and find another way of keeping her quiet. A clever fellow like you, who knows more about dope than any other man I have met, ought to be able to do the trick without any assistance from me. Why, didn't you tell me that you knew a drug that ...
— The Man Who Knew • Edgar Wallace
... all right; glad I'm here then; getting in didn't hurt more than a flea-bite,"—saying which Jim turned his face away to put his teeth down hard on a lip already bleeding. The wrench to his shattered leg was excruciating, "But then," as he announced to himself, "no snivelling, James; you're not going to ...
— What Answer? • Anna E. Dickinson
... they are literally torn all to rags with shot and splinters. The upper part of my hat was also shot away. There is one of the marines who was in the Trafalgar action with Lord Nelson, who says it was a mere flea-bite in comparison with this." ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot


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