fleasome
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fleasome (comparative more fleasome, superlative most fleasome)
- (poetic, humorous) Covered in fleas.
- 1919, Rudyard Kipling, Divided Destinies:
- Gentle Bandar, an inscrutable Decree
Makes thee a gleesome fleasome Thou,
and me a wretched Me.
- 1884, James Payn, On Our Dog Jock:
- A rollicksome frolicsome rare old cock
As ever did nothing was our dog Jock;
A gleesome fleasome affectionate beast,
As slow at a fight, as swift at a feast […]