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
The elder cattle thief isn't precisely one's ideal of the jovial host.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
If he was a cattle thief, as charged, thought she, then she would put her faith against the world that he was indeed a master of his trade.
From The Rustler of Wind River by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
He told me I had seen Red Mask, the cattle thief, and one of his men.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell
"Head it, suspicious information: first prisoner, probably dangerous burglar burgling on Christmas eve; second prisoner, cattle thief; third prisoner—" "But we aren't anything like that," broke in Rudolf hastily.
From The Wonderful Bed by Knevels, Gertrude
