Flea-bitten

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flea-bitten \flea"-bit`ten\, a.
     1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said
        of the color of a horse.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. same as {creaky}, 1. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: creaky, decrepit, run-down, rundown, woebegone.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flea-bitten
       adj : 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" [syn: {creaky}, {decrepit}, {run-down},
              {woebegone}]