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
"But you are not a cattle thief," she protested.
From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell
Then they kept their vigil together, and it did not seem incongruous that dusky cattle thief and soldier of fortune should watch beside the English adventurer.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
Well, rather; he's a cattle thief, or worse.
From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Parrish, Randall
Urbina agreed; "but you would not wish to be called a cattle thief, eh?"
From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
