hoss-thief

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

Bar-20 Days
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
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
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