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Definition of Rustler
1. Noun. Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle).
Definition of Rustler
1. n. One who, or that which, rustles.
Definition of Rustler
1. Noun. One who rustles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rustler
1. one that rustles [n -S] - See also: rustles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustler
Literary usage of Rustler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"... XXII " WHAT IS A rustler ? " WE all know what birds of a feather do. And it
may be safely surmised that if a bird of any particular feather has been for ..."
2. The Story of the Cowboy by Emerson Hough (1897)
"THE rustler. As in the Southern cattle country the nester was an enemy to the
interests of the cattle trade, so on the northern range was the man who ..."
3. Irrigation Farming: A Handbook for the Proper Application of Water in the by Lucius Merle Wilcox (1902)
"77—WIND rustler. gating considerable tracts, or if trees or buildings are nearby
north or south, ... Another plan for a wind rustler is used in Nebraska. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"This was handsome even for a board of trade, but under the prick of town ambition
and town pride rustler had done better. rustler lay fifteen miles from ..."
5. Songs of the Trail by Henry Herbert Knibbs (1920)
"THE rustler FROM the fading smoke of a branding-fire in a mesquite hollow close
and dim, We followed a phantom pony-track, over the range and down Into the ..."
6. A Summer on the Rockies by Rose Lambart Price (1898)
"... of US soldiers—Fort Robinson—A Crow Indian legend— Qth Cavalry inspection —
Cattle "rustler" shot—Rattlesnakes—Independence Rock—Wind River Mountains. ..."
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