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."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

polecat

n. a mean and deceitful person, usually male. (see also skunk, stinker.) Tell that polecat I want to talk to him.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • take up with (one)
  • the pill
  • pill
  • get shot of
  • get shot of (someone or something)
  • get shot of someone/something
  • slippery customer
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Animals and children were treated in such works as Herman Coene (1925-30), Kiki (1925), and Floere het fluwijn (1950; "Floere the Polecat").
In one exchange of endearments, Hitchens called Novak a McCarthyite bum and a polecat. At the end of a later tirade from Novak, Hitchens said, "More musk from the polecat." Next time he went on the program Hitchens was told by the producers that the great roughhouse artist Novak was reluctant to appear with Hitchens.
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THIS CHARMING photograph of a polecat with its reflection in the water earned a North Wales photographer a top award.
The plucky polecat was discovered starving to death, living in a dustbin cupboard at a Birmingham house.
Artists Featured: - Steve Bissette, Tim Bradstreet, Norman Cabrera, Monte Christiansen, Ken Daly, Ricardo Delgado, Frank Dietz, John Fasano, Wolf Forrest, Garrett Immel, Phil Joyce, Bob Lizzaraga, Rebecca Lord, Gregory Manchess, Ken Morgan, Rafael Navarro, Greg Nicotero, Mike Parks, Jeff Pittarelli, Eric October, Tim Polecat, Mike Sosnowski, William Stout, Woody Welch, and Bernie Wrightson
Top, Aberdeen Angus Foxfoot Enchanted with owner Anne Turnbull, Bandit the polecat and Claire Davies with her children Evie and Dylan., Left fun in the sun on the fair, horse trials and dog show
The striped polecat, also known as the "zorilla," can be found in the dry parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
A BABY polecat is in RSPCA care after found without his mum in a Somerset field.
Simon has spent the last three years in Scotland but this time he heads to Wales, as he tries to survive a wilderness weekend in Snowdonia, track down a polecat and find a leatherback turtle.
He currently plays with the bands Cuttin' Loose and Polecat Creek.