rassle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Facile, she would rassle late 'Til she got her due.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ll rassle up these groceries for you and you can enjoy your Coke,” said Mr. Fred.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
We'll just tell 'em it's a he party come over for a story-tellin' an' a rassle.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by John Wolcott Adams
Before long I have a regular little circuit woiked up in the three spaceports, and they is plenty bums there what think they can rassle.
From Hoiman and the Solar Circuit by Gordon Dewey
"Mus' be ready t' rassle 'em any minute," said Asher Eastman, as he sidled over to a little group.
From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller
Took them on single-handed, rassled them for a fall and made the capture.
From Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison
I rassled with him one evenin' down in Virginny an' I'll never tackle him ag'in, you hear to me.
From In the Days of Poor Richard by Irving Bacheller
Ray he tuk it easy 'n' rassled the sword of the big chap round 'n' round es ef it wus tied t' hisn.
From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller
Only last Thursday I rassled a turkey all over the dining room.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay
"We always rassled catch-as-catch-can, and you know it," declared Harding.
From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams
What, Ric Flair worry about rassling one last time at age 73?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
World-Herald, on WWE launching its own rassling network: “It’ll be sort of like the Longhorn Network, only with less boasting.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2014
He did, however, acknowledge that they had "physical altercations"--engaging in what he repeatedly referred to as "rassling."
From Time Magazine Archive
If you were rassling for the right you could flop me.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by John Wolcott Adams
Sure, and you've been rassling with Jimmie the Monk.
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Eustace Hale Ball
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