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He does not, however, discover the identity of Salami until this wayward character, traveling incognito, has worsted him in a street fight for which both are put in jail.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has worsted me not once, but twice and thrice!

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

He has worsted me not once, but twice and thrice! 

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John

June 2.—I hear it reported that Hooker maintains that he has worsted and crippled the enemy more than if he had taken Richmond.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

"So, it is thought that Colonel Tarleton has worsted General Sumter?" said Mr. Wharton, affecting to be employed in mending the cup that was broken by the eagerness of his sister-in-law.

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore