sweater n.3
(Aus./US und.) one who steals a horse, or borrows it without permission.
 | Bathurst Free Press 25 Apr. 3/2: [A] chase [...] after two ‘sweaters’ (a mild slang term for horse-stealers or borrowers). | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Butte Miner (MT) 14 July 4/2: Johnny Murphy, a ‘sweater’ and sure-thing man. |