flea
Example Sentences
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“The hardest part of it is going to a flea market, secondhand stores, an estate sale or even just going behind a store to see what people throw away.”
From Los Angeles Times
This was a major own-goal, to be sure, but one could say that Starmer lay down with a dog and got up with fleas.
From Salon
The Ocean's Twelve star said she also frequents flea markets and buys artwork while travelling.
From BBC
“Poor dog could have gotten fleas from that man.”
From Literature
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But hot is hot, and the layers of my brother’s clothes were wet with sweat and itching me like fleas.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.