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punch cattle

VERB
ride herd on
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"Was I hired to punch cattle," he said, "or make a blasted, roarin' fool out of myself?"

From Trailin'! by Max Brand

I'll sell my outfit soon as I can, I won't punch cattle for no damn' man, Coma ti yi youpy, youpy-a, youpy-a, Coma ti yi youpy, youpy-a!

From The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower

He turned to Reynolds: "Capt'n, I want you to get me a chance to punch cattle on a car down to Chicago."

From The Eagle's Heart by Hamlin Garland

"This is the place where I used to punch cattle."

From The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery by Willard F. Baker

He did not make 140 any claim about his ability to punch cattle, and he knew instinctively that real riders would resent any attempt on his part to swagger as they did.

From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine


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