Definition of "vermin-killer" [vermin-killer]

• One who or that which kills vermin (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I wish you would take the trouble to go and buy me some vermin-killer."
• "When through with my ablution it was necessary, before I could dress, to grease my body with a vermin-killer that is supplied the men."
• "It is, of course, a fact that one grain of vermin-killer would dispose of any one of them."