| 单词 | cattle duffer |
| 释义 | > as lemmascattle duffer 2. Australian. More fully cattle duffer. A person who steals and alters the brands on cattle. Cf. duff v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > stealers of animals > [noun] > of cattle dunaker1668 cattle-stealer1803 duffer1844 cattle-lifter1860 cattle-thief1862 rustler1878 planter1890 waddy1897 cattle-rustler1903 1844 Sydney Morning Herald 28 Mar. 2/7 Some line of defence might be adopted which is not known by the ‘duffers’ (cattle stealers) of other districts. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. v. 61 No cattle-duffer in the colonies could have had a better pair of mates. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxv. 352 What's a little money..if your children grow up duffers and planters? 1927 R. S. Browne Journalist's Memories 170 The cattle ‘duffer’..is just a plain thief. 1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania iv. 74 The large audience..looking like jackaroos and jillaroos, and the sort of cattle rustlers known locally as poddy-dodgers and cattle duffers. 2015 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 13 Police are chasing brazen cattle duffers who stole more than 400 head from a property near Charters Towers. < as lemmas |
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