cattle-duff
verb [no object] Australian /NZ
Steal cattle: here they’d once cattle-duffed by starlight...
- She had faked the brands and cattle duffed.
- They're bound to visit lightly sins on those who cattle-duff.
- He may also have been cattle duffing with his stepfather.
Origin
Late 19th century: from cattle + duff3 'steal and alter brands on cattle'.
- poorhouse
- poorify
- pooring
- poorish
- poorjack
- Poor John
- Poor Knights
- Poor Law
- poorless
- poorliness
- poor little guy
- poor little me
- poor little rich boy (or girl)
- poorly
- poorlyish
- poor man
- poor man's box
- poor man's digging
- poor man's diggings
- poor man's mustard
- poor man's orchid
- poor man's pepper
- poor man's salve
- poor man's sauce
- poor man's treacle