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What is "flea-bite"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flea-bite

Flea-bite \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.
    --Harvey.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
flea-bite

mid-15c., figurative, "something that causes but slight pain," from flea (n.) + bite (n.). Related: Flea-bitten (1560s); flea-biting (verbal noun), 1550s.

Usage examples of "flea-bite".

There was the Sergeant too, the Irishman who would be worth baiting, and he cackled as he stuffed the food into his mouth and scratched the flea-bites in his armpit.