varmint

• Abe was a `first hand' at `chopping,' and the hole soon gaped wider If de hole run clar up, massa,' said he, resting for a moment, `we can smoke out de varmint--wid de punk and de grass here we can smoke out de debil himself. —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
• There ain't no one that would try it quicker'n me, if I had the least chance You stole a boat from one of 'em not long ago But the varmint was asleep, and there was only that one. —  The Phantom of the River
• But he's got about enough punch to knock over some varmint--if it's not too tough. —  The Weakling
• For he had seen the boughs of his trees moving and twitching, and he had said to himself, "Them young varmint--at it again!" —  Five Children and It
• The indications, too, were that he brought interesting news about something That varmint has been away somewhar," concluded Sut, carefully noting everything, "and they expect him to tell something worth hearin', and I guess they're about kerrect, so I'll see what I kin do in the way of listening myself The scout was right in his supposition. —  The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne

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