Usage of "varmint" | TermGallery

Portuguese

An irritating or obnoxious person.

Catalan

Spanish

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

Usage of varmint in English

I picked them off one varmint at a time with my pistol. 
 Wired 

The varmint have been riding too fast to shoot straight, I reckon. 
 In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado 

I got my varmint gun from the high shelf in the pantry. 
 Full dark, no stars 

Plenty of foreign rats, and native 'coons, and skunks, and other varmint. 
 Erema; Or, My Father's Sin 

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 

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... 

He told me he used to bull's-eye some kind of varmint back home. 
 From a Certain Point of View 

But the varmint was asleep, and there was only that one. 
 The Phantom of the River 

Well, I'll go back and make it up with the varmint. 
 Shining Ferry 

There is no more cunning or treacherous a varmint than a true-bred red-skin. 
 Dick Onslow Among the Redskins 

So I lifted my varmint rifle and shot the one in the middle. 
 Full dark, no stars 

It's that young varmint a-saying that the young lady kissed me. 
 An Unsocial Socialist 

I am afraid these varmint have interfered with our plans, mates. 
 In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado 

They're treacherous varmint, yer honor, if you do but give 'em the chance. 
 With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire 

Besides, what business had he to call our cat a varmint? 
 Rilla of Ingleside 

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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