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Meanings of varmint in anglès

portuguès
vérmina

An irritating or obnoxious person.

        vérmina
        català
        bestiola
        espanyol
        bicho

        Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote.

              bestiola
              Synonyms
              Examples for "varment"
              Examples for "varment"
              1
              The poor beasts have smoked for it: rabbit me, but I'd rather ride forty miles after a fox than ten with such varment.
              She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy
              2
              I was hunted down like a wild varment, and in this hunt every little newspaper in the district, and every little pinhook lawyer was engaged.
              David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
              3
              All my nice sausages and buckwheat cakes, ready buttered-andall for them 'are yaller varments.'
              The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776
              4
              They was like a drove of varments.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              5
              Ninth, a general protection against thieves and predatory animals by an organized war on all "varments."
              The Dollar Hen
              Usage of varmint in anglès
              1
              I picked them off one varmint at a time with my pistol.
              Wired
              2
              The varmint have been riding too fast to shoot straight, I reckon.
              In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
              3
              I got my varmint gun from the high shelf in the pantry.
              Full dark, no stars
              4
              Plenty of foreign rats, and native 'coons, and skunks, and other varmint.
              Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
              5
              I wouldn't heed you if it weren't for the other varmint ahead.
              True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
              6
              You wouldn't find this old varmint a-doin' no such foolishness as that.'
              Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
              7
              He told me he used to bull's-eye some kind of varmint back home.
              From a Certain Point of View
              8
              But the varmint was asleep, and there was only that one.
              The Phantom of the River
              9
              Well, I'll go back and make it up with the varmint.
              Shining Ferry
              10
              There is no more cunning or treacherous a varmint than a true-bred red-skin.
              Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
              11
              So I lifted my varmint rifle and shot the one in the middle.
              Full dark, no stars
              12
              It's that young varmint a-saying that the young lady kissed me.
              An Unsocial Socialist
              13
              I am afraid these varmint have interfered with our plans, mates.
              In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
              14
              They're treacherous varmint, yer honor, if you do but give 'em the chance.
              With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
              15
              Besides, what business had he to call our cat a varmint?
              Rilla of Ingleside
              16
              But don't let him come near me, the nasty little, creeping, murdering varmint.
              It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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              Translations for varmint
              portuguès
              vérmina
              català
              bestiola
              espanyol
              bicho
              Varmint through the time
              Varmint across language varieties
              United Kingdom
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