varment
- a variation of varmint.
Example Sentences
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The poor beasts have smoked for it: rabbit me, but I'd rather ride forty miles after a fox than ten with such varment.
From She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, Oliver
I was hunted down like a wild varment, and in this hunt every little newspaper in the district, and every little pin-hook lawyer was engaged.
From A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. by Crockett, Davy
The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to ’em, and nat’ly took ’em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise
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.
From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Pa cried, when he saw my garment, 'Twas a newly purchased dress— "Oh! you nasty little varment, How came you in such a mess?"
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)
