What is a bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person. [Slang, Western U.S.] called?
rustler — A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person. [Slang, Western U.S.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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