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Meanings of vermin in English
Insects and animals that spread diseases or destroy crops or livestock.
Usage of vermin in English
1
Hal took down the shirt from the wall; vermin crawled in it.
2
The animal was reviled as dangerous vermin and a threat to cattle.
3
Ye know the saying: 'North are the vermin; south are the lice.
4
Then commenced a general hunt, to clear the house of the vermin.
5
The mole was draining the soil and purging it of its vermin.
6
He has, in short, no vermin blood in him at any rate.
7
We'll have a fine burst, and kill the vermin in the end.
8
The bites of the vermin grew less annoying though not less numerous.
9
But the poacher was another kind of vermin than the stupid tenant.
10
The women eat their own vermin, which swarm in their scant attire.
11
According to him all politicians are vermin and he is Vermin Supreme.
12
Generally the houses are filthy and ill ventilated and swarm with vermin.
13
Among the inconveniences of this climate, the vermin form no inconsiderable article.
14
The squandered loaf, the swarming mass of vermin tell their own tale.
15
They lived in dark places and casual crannies, like weeds or vermin.
16
The neighbors got together to find means of exterminating these obnoxious vermin.
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Vermin through the time
Vermin across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common