fleabite

English

Alternative forms

• flea-bite

Etymology

From flea +‎ bite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfliːbʌɪt/

Noun

fleabite (plural fleabites)

1. The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
2. Something which causes only trifling irritation; a minor inconvenience.
   • 1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 408:

     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.

Translations

bite of a flea

• Danish: loppebid n
• German: Flohbiss (de) m
• Volapük: flibastegül