Definitions

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  • adjective Infested with fleas.
  • adjective Mangy; filthy.

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Examples

  • Researchers found that the immune systems of flea-ridden wild rats are busy fighting off everything from germs to parasites, whereas the immune systems of lab rats had nothing major to occupy them.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Researchers found that the immune systems of flea-ridden wild rats are busy fighting off everything from germs to parasites, whereas the immune systems of lab rats had nothing major to occupy them.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Mrs. Lovett is preparing pie crust in a flea-ridden bakery in the wrong part of London Town.

    Theater Geek Mickey Rapkin 2010

  • Instead, I get one less card than flea-ridden Darren.

    Notes from A Totally Lame Vampire Tim Collins 2010

  • A man with a broken nose and a greasy, flea-ridden beard …a dull knife, heated in the fire …the reek of his own vomit as he lay on the ground and—

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • Aaron jerked his hand out of mine and started to claw at his stomach like a flea-ridden dog.

    Bring On the Night Jeri Smith-Ready 2010

  • Aaron jerked his hand out of mine and started to claw at his stomach like a flea-ridden dog.

    Bring On the Night Jeri Smith-Ready 2010

  • The bureau confirmed it to Anderson even though J. Edgar Hoover had called him "a flea-ridden dog" who was "lower than the regurgitated filth of vultures."

    A new book reveals depths of columnist Jack Anderson's anti-Nixon tactics 2010

  • They obviously just wanted the flea-ridden pup out of their sight.

    Until They Fall Down 2010

  • A man with a broken nose and a greasy, flea-ridden beard …a dull knife, heated in the fire …the reek of his own vomit as he lay on the ground and—

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

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