Cowstealer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who steals cattle. obsolete, possibly
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From cow + stealer.
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