Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote.
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 .
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.
3 All my nice sausages and buckwheat cakes, ready buttered-andall for them 'are yaller varments . '
4 They was like a drove of varments .
5 Ninth, a general protection against thieves and predatory animals by an organized war on all " varments . "
6 "Fell kinder t'hum 'mong them centerpedes, cowboys 'n other varments , I s'pose?"
7 'What in hell are you varments trying to do?'
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.
9 "The varment ! " she cried vehemently; "the good-for-nothing varment !
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