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var⋅mint

  [vahr-muhnt]
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–noun
1. Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
a. vermin.
b. an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
2. a despicable, obnoxious, or annoying person.
Also, varment.

Origin:
1530–40; var. of vermin (with regular outcome of MEĕr before consonant (cf. argal 3 , parson ) and parasitic t)
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var·mint   (vär'mĭnt)   
n.   Informal
One that is considered undesirable, obnoxious, or troublesome.

[Variant of vermin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

varmint 
1539, chiefly Amer.Eng. dialectal variant of vermin. Meaning "objectionable or troublesome person" is recorded from 1773.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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