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

"Are you the man who rode down Parker, the cattle thief, when he was making off with a mob of imported prize stock?"

From The Rider of Waroona by Scott, G. Firth

The elder cattle thief isn't precisely one's ideal of the jovial host.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

There isn't a cattle thief or a bad man in this part of the country that won't run when he sees him—if he has the chance.

From Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains by Webster, Frank V.

"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.