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
He wondered why even a cattle thief would choose that site at the back door of perdition to pitch his tent and lodge his family.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
His interest ending there, he went his way to take up again the preparation of his case in defense of the cattle thief whom he knew to be a thief, and nothing but a thief.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
"Oh, yes; but it is bad policy to let a cattle thief go loose, after he has been caught in the act."
From Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It by Standish, Hal
