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
Morgan knew this must be the home of the cattle thief whose case Judge Thayer had undertaken.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
"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
Personally I'm nobody, but officially I'm Corporal in Company B, Texas Rangers—well, if there isn't smiling Ed Winters, the biggest cattle thief ever born in Medina County.
From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy
