rustler
Americannoun
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a cattle or horse thief
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informal an energetic or vigorous person
Etymology
Origin of rustler
Example Sentences
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The rustler is usually a beekeeper or someone familiar with the transportation of bees.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022
A rustler helps a rancher drive cattle from Oregon to Wyoming.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
Is that a breeze, or could a rustler be lurking there, ready to swathe himself like a ghost?
From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2018
Before being sent to prison, a remorseful Mr. Novak, then 27, sat down with rangers to help them understand the mind of the cattle rustler.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011
Though reserved to the point of being shy, the sheriff was adept at assuming undercover identities, having pretended to be everything from a cow rustler to a counterfeiter.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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