Cowstealer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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