polecat

polecat

slang A particularly unsavory, untrustworthy, and unfriendly person. I was being trained at the time by the warden of the prison, a miserable old polecat named Sebastian Mayhew. A: "Maybe Bill could help pay." B: "That slippery little polecat would rather die a thousand deaths than part with his drinking money."

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polecat

n. a mean and deceitful person, usually male. (see also skunk, stinker.) Tell that polecat I want to talk to him.

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