fleabite

Definitions

1. The bite of a flea, or the mark caused by such a bite.
2. Something which causes only trifling irritation; a minor inconvenience.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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