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Jim seemed to know the country in a general way, and he told us father and he had been about there a good deal lately, cattle-dealing and so on.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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His father owned and worked a small farm of some fifty acres in County Derry in Northern Ireland, but the father's real commitment was to cattle-dealing.
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_ -- The few notices of this subject which occur in the early laws seem to refer primarily to cattle-dealing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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He was a gey shrewd man in the cattle-dealing, and his neighbor, the Duke of Montrose, thinking to benefit his own estate, lent Rob money to set him up in the trade.
The Scotch Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901
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What is more, he made some money by cattle-dealing, and I think that turned his head a little; anyway, he was minded to make 'a gentleman of me, 'as he called it.
Beatrice Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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I read in his eye that he was in the habit of breathing every day of his life a canine curse on the business of cattle-dealing.
Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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There he maintained himself, partly by piracy, partly by cattle-dealing.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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Jim seemed to know the country in a general way, and he told us father and he had been about there a good deal lately, cattle-dealing and so on.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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There he maintained himself, partly by piracy, partly by cattle-dealing.
The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane Cochrane, Thomas 1869
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"There is doubtless some cousinship between us," said the Bailie, with reluctance, "but I have seen little of Rob since he left the cattle-dealing.
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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