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cowstealer

noun

Etymology

From cow + stealer.

  1. inherited from stelere
  2. compounded as cowstealer — “cow + stealer”

Definitions

  1. One who steals cattle.

    • They fixed his Skeleton to a Gibbet, upon that of an Oxe, because he had been a Cowstealer; they made Shoes of his Skin, and a Shirt of his Bowels.
    • "They find it more honourable and safe to be king's evidence, than a cowstealer, though that be their natural profession."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA