vermin
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An animal, in general.
A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
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Healthy emotions tell every independent young man and every honorable youth that the dirty and filth-covered vermin, the greatest bacteria carrier in the animal kingdom, cannot be the ideal type of animal.
Mosquito coils and various sprays against vermin such as cockroaches are equally dangerous, as insecticides used in agriculture and households must be used with masks when spraying and avoid any insecticides going on the body.
Mercer 2009, pp.296–298 The sophistication of the warreners is shown by the existence of vermin traps that were placed near the warrens to capture weasels and stoats attempting to get at the rabbits.
The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.
NOTHING else matters to these vermin.
Over the years, residents have complained of break-ins, mold and vermin infestations.