flea-bitten

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

flea-bitten
    adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "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" [syn: {creaky}, {decrepit},
           {derelict}, {flea-bitten}, {run-down}, {woebegone}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flea-bitten \flea"-bit`ten\, a.
   1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said
      of the color of a horse.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. same as {creaky}, 1. [WordNet sense 1]

   Syn: creaky, decrepit, run-down, rundown, woebegone.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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