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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An eccentric gunfighter for hire must protect a cattle baron’s herd from a rustler and his gang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
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
“No elephants, no money,” explained Mr. Lopeiyok, the former cattle rustler turned scout.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2012
Records show that a rustler named Edward H. Seeley was imprisoned at Wyoming Territorial Prison while Cassidy was there, Pointer said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 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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