† flea-bit, a. rare exc. U.S.
= flea-bitten 2.
| 1696 Lond. Gaz. No. 3194/4 A flea-bit Mare. 1830 O. W. Holmes Poems (1852) 181 The small-voiced pug-dog welcomes in the sun, And flea-bit mongrels..give answer all. 1917 E. Pound Lustra 195 Sheep! jabbing the wool upon their flea-bit backs. |