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Meanings of varment in English

Catalan
bestiola
Spanish
bicho

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

bestiola
Synonyms
Examples for "varmint"
Examples for "varmint"
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
Usage of varment in English
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
6
"Fell kinder t'hum 'mong them centerpedes, cowboys 'n other varments, I s'pose?"
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
7
'What in hell are you varments trying to do?'
Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories
8
Ef I find the varments ar' too thick I'll stay by yer, and if they ain't I'll leave fur several hours.
The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
9
"The varment!" she cried vehemently; "the good-for-nothing varment!
Lucretia — Complete
Frequent collocations
Translations for varment
Catalan
bestiola
Spanish
bicho
Varment through the time