cattle thief
Example Sentences
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When he first arrived in Washington as a Congressman, he was, he says, taken for "just another cattle thief from Texas" by the House leaders who assigned him to minor committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, rather; he's a cattle thief, or worse.
From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Parrish, Randall
Miss Whitmore knelt and examined the cattle thief curiously.
From Chip, of the Flying U by Russell, Charles M.
Worse, it branded him for all time as a cattle thief, with every man's hand against him.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy
"Are you the man who rode down Parker, the cattle thief, when he was making off with a mob of imported prize stock?"
From The Rider of Waroona by Scott, G. Firth
