I have read Westerns in which a cowboy calls a mean individual a "polecat." Looked it up today. I expected to find that it was a cat that liked sitting on a pole while waiting for its next meal - an opportunist.. but apparently "pol" comes from chicken (poule) and its called a polecat because it preys on chickens.
Not a word I expect to find it the Spelling Bee on Saturday, but as I was sitting here watching the Olympics instead of studying, it came to me.
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