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flea-bitten definition

flea-bitten (-bit′'n)

adjective

  1. bitten by a flea or fleas
  2. infested with fleas
  3. wretched; decrepit; shabby
  4. light-colored with reddish-brown spots: said of horses

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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