flea-bitten Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
    run-down; woebegone; creaky; decrepit; derelict.
    • 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

WordNet


Flea"-bit`ten adjective
Definitions
  1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
  2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.

Webster 1913