fleabite

noun — 2 senses

fleabite

noun

UK /ˈfliːbʌɪt/

Etymology From flea + bite.

1

The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.

2

Something which causes only trifling irritation; a minor inconvenience.

  • He was a rich man, and the £2,000 a year, though not exactly a fleabite, did not seem an extravagant price to pay for the boarding-out of Crispina.1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 408

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