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  • 11flea circus — noun A show of performing fleas • • • Main Entry: ↑flea * * * ˈflea circus 7 [flea circus] noun an entertainment in which ↑fleas are said to be performing tricks …

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  • 12Flea-beetle — Flea bee tle, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small beetle of the family {Halticid[ae]}, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea beetle ({Phyllotreta vittata}) and that of the grapevine ({Graptodera chalybea}) are… …

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  • 13Flea flicker — may refer to: *Flea flicker (American football), an unorthodox trick play in (American) football. *Operation Flea Flicker, part of the Iraqi coalition counter insurgency operations. It was a September 14, 2005 program of sweeps and house to house …

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  • 14flea — [flē] n. [ME fle < OE fleah, akin to Ger floh < same Gmc base as FLEE] 1. any of an order (Siphonaptera) of small, flattened, wingless insects with large legs adapted for jumping: as adults they are bloodsucking parasites on mammals and… …

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  • 15Flea Market Fun Studio — (Тель Авив,Израиль) Категория отеля: Адрес: Olei Zion St 38, Тель Авив, 6815 …

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  • 16flea-bag — fleaˈ bag noun (slang) 1. A sleeping bag 2. A distasteful place, esp used of lodgings 3. A scruffy, apparently flea bitten, old woman or animal (informal) • • • Main Entry: ↑flea …

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  • 17flea-bite — fleaˈ bite noun 1. The bite of a flea 2. A small mark caused by the bite 3. A trifle, an only slight inconvenience (figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑flea …

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  • 18flea-bit|ten — «FLEE BIHT uhn», adjective. 1. bitten by or infested with fleas. 2. having reddish brown spots on a light colored hide: »a flea bitten horse. 3. Figurative. shabby; miserable; squalid: »a fleabitten kingdom in the Middle East (Maclean s). a flea… …

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  • 19flea|bite — «FLEE BYT», noun. 1. the bite of a flea. 2. the red spot caused by it. 3. a mark resembling that caused by the bite of a flea. 4. Figurative. a hurt or loss of very small consequence or importance; mere trifle: »The proposed $500 million, claims… …

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  • 20Flea — (fl[=e]), v. t. [See {Flay}.] To flay. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He will be fleaed first And horse collars made of s skin. J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] …

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