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cattle thief



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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

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)

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

"You an honest woman—the daughter of a cattle thief!"

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.

I caught a cattle thief up here once.

From Across the Mesa by Pitz, Henry Clarence




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