"bag of weasels" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1831, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Sketches of Irish character, page 180",
          "text": "When she entered the kitchen matters were going on as usual — her mother bustling in glorious style, and as cross (her husband muttered) \"as a bag of weasels.\"",
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          "ref": "1842, The Citizen: Or, Dublin Monthly Magazine - Volumes 3-4, page 257",
          "text": "Ciril Usage was jist about as crass a crayther as you could find in a bag of weasels; but Charley, to himself be tould it, was a funny rogue, an' could take his weight out of any body he met; an' may be he didn't keep “Civil Usage” an' the women in other's hair the whole road.",
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          "ref": "2015, David Mortimer, Classic Rugby Clangers",
          "text": "Skulduggery mainly, but not exclusively, in the front row, 1966 & 1990s 'Props are as crafty as a bag of weasels,' as Bill McLaren famously said.",
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          "ref": "2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "There was still time for Sergio Ramos, as devious as a bag of weasels, to help engineer Cuadrado’s second yellow card with a bout of pretend agony but Madrid’s second-half performance had a lot more good than bad.",
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        "Something that has pronounced weaselly characteristics, such as pettiness, bad temper, and deviousness."
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        "(informal, used in similes) Something that has pronounced weaselly characteristics, such as pettiness, bad temper, and deviousness."
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          "ref": "1831, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Sketches of Irish character, page 180",
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          "ref": "1842, The Citizen: Or, Dublin Monthly Magazine - Volumes 3-4, page 257",
          "text": "Ciril Usage was jist about as crass a crayther as you could find in a bag of weasels; but Charley, to himself be tould it, was a funny rogue, an' could take his weight out of any body he met; an' may be he didn't keep “Civil Usage” an' the women in other's hair the whole road.",
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          "ref": "2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)",
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