Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bite of a bug, or the swelling caused by such a bite.

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Examples

  • You said I had a bug-bite and asked if I wanted to play Risk.

    A Boy 2009

  • You said I had a bug-bite and asked if I wanted to play Risk.

    A Boy 2009

  • I also had to ride the Rhino again & got bug-bite advice from a conservative journalist -- who I then gave advice about the dangers of corporate welfare.

    Report from Iraq # 11: Wherein 25 Iraqi journalists invade my bedroom & I meet an admiral 2008

  • Diley Ridge has 10 emergency room beds and 10 inpatient beds for those who need to stay longer for things such as dehydration, generalized bug-bite infections or low-risk chest pains.

    The Columbus Dispatch Feed 2010

  • Mmmm. With my hands now free from the paddle, I couldn't help but to pick at the nasty bug-bite scabs all over my face.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • "But when he comes to and tries to figure out what happened, if he finds what looks like a weird bug-bite, don’t you think he’ll put two and two together?"

    REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008

  • "But when he comes to and tries to figure out what happened, if he finds what looks like a weird bug-bite, don’t you think he’ll put two and two together?"

    REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008

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