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varmint definition

var·mint or varment var′·ment (vär′mənt)

noun

Informal, Dialectal a person or animal regarded as troublesome or objectionable: also used as a generalized epithet of disparagement

Etymology: dial. var. of vermin, with unhistoric -t

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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