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marmot: tags: [zoology]

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Definition:

1. a ground dwelling rodent in the squirrel family
2. a brat (child) [French]

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“I assure you that I sleep everywhere, and always like a marmot.”

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (1878)

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A marmot whistled at us and withdrew.

Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita

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[The dude is taking a bubble bath encircled by lit candles while listening to whale sounds and getting stoned. The nihilists break into his apartment]

the dude: Hey! Hey! This is a private residence, man!

[the nihilists file into the bathroom with a ferret on a leash.]

the dude: Ah, nice marmot.

[a nihilist tosses the ferret into the dude's bathtub]

Joel and Ethan Coen. The Big Lebowski (1998)