varmint
IPA: vˈɑrmɪnt
noun
- (Southern US) A pestering animal such as one that kills or harasses a farmer's livestock or crops.
- (by extension) An obnoxious person or troublemaker.
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Examples of "varmint" in Sentences
- Everybody is concerned that this is a "varmint" round.
- There are two advantages to frangibility in varmint bullets.
- You heard the silent 'varmint' at the end of that sentence, too?
- His toupee shows up next to the dictionary listing for "varmint".
- One ugly varmint is knocked out, only to be replaced by another one.
- I still am laughing over his "varmint" hunting all of twice as a life long hunter.
- In 1973 an American naturalist spent a few nights in a tree, blowing solos on a small unmusical instrument known as a varmint call.
- I put together a bunch of short stories around a Steinbeck quote “Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.”
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