subs. (old).—A trifle.
1630. TAYLOR (‘The Water Poet’), Workes, ‘A Cutpurse.’
| If they doe lose by Pirates, tempests, rocks, | |
| ’Tis but a FLEABITE to their wealthy stockes: | |
| Whilst the poore Cutpurse day and night doth toile, | |
| Watches and wardes, and doth himselfe turmoile. |
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
