hoss-thief

• “First time I ever heard a hoss-thief called a gentleman," chuckled Matt.”

  Across the Mesa

• “Tain't murder to kill a hoss-thief, any way you can fix it; everybody admits that.”

  Ramona

• “That's a Bar-20 cayuse, an 'no hoss-thief ever worked for that ranch.”

  Bar-20 Days

• “You'll find out what we want of you, you damned hoss-thief!" he cried.”

  Bar-20 Days

• “This is the first time I ever paid a hoss-thief in _silver_, or bought stolen goods, but everything has to have a beginning.”

  Bar-20 Days

• “But there's that José who knows every foot of the dry-spot clean to the Ortez -- and he knows every hoss-thief in this sun-blasted country.”

  The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

• “I ain't no killer or no hoss-thief lookin 'for a job.”

  The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

• “One of The Spider's bunch, and a hoss-thief right!”

  The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

• “No reg'lar hoss-thief would take that much trouble to advertise himself.”

  Partners of Chance

• “She'll find out this hoss-thief in Fort Henry; but Lew, when we do get him we won't be much better off.”

  The Last Trail

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