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
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Who said I had been after a cattle thief?
From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest
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
"But you are not a cattle thief," she protested.
From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell
There is scarcely a letter in the alphabet that a cattle thief can't change.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy