rustler

• “What he was thinking was that the moon was in the quarter -- what they called the rustler's moon.”

  Lonesome Dove

• “What he was thinking was that the moon was in the quarter — what they called the rustler's moon.”

  Lonesome Dove

• “It used to be a standard ploy — not just “liberal,” but “Whig” (originally “cut-throat cattle rustler from the wild Scottish borders”) and “Tory” (orig. “illiterate Papist peasant from the remotest bogs of Ireland”).”

  Own It!

• ““Ain’t Jack Slade an’ his bunch,” he mumbled as he mounted, “but by God a rustler is a rustler.””

  365 tomorrows » 2008 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

• “What he was thinking was that the moon was in the quarter—what they called the rustler’s moon.”

  Simon & Schuster: Lonesome Dove

• “The prosecution of these men was undertaken with something of the old vigor that characterized the pursuit of horse thieves, with this difference, that, whereas all the world had hated a horse thief as a common enemy, very much of the world found excuse for the so-called rustler, who was known to be doing only what his accusers had done before him.”

  The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado

• “Budd Hankinson and Grizzly Weber, the two hired men, were absent, looking after the cattle, for the rustler is a night hawk who often gets in the best part of his work between the set and rise of sun.”

  Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges

• “But let the Indians have a steer or two for food, if they need it," begged Mrs. Bobbsey, who had a kind heart even toward an Indian cattle thief, or "rustler", as they are called.”

  The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West

• “A tale of the western frontier, where the "rustler" abounds.”

  Free Air

• “If those four calves were stolen, then there was a "rustler" in the country.”

  The Ranch at the Wolverine

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