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

He told me I had seen Red Mask, the cattle thief, and one of his men.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

"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

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.

There was no real pity in him for the fate of a cattle thief.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell