rastle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Givens, feeling aggrieved, and suspicious of fouls, shook his fist at the lion, and shouted: "I'll rastle you again for twenty—" and then he got back to himself.
From Heart of the West [Annotated] by Loewenstein, Joseph E.
When he gets hungry he cinches himself a little tighter and continues to "rastle" with fate.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
Givens, feeling aggrieved, and suspicious of fouls, shook his fist at the lion, and shouted: "I'll rastle you again for twenty--" and then he got back to himself.
From Heart of the West by Henry, O.
The Judge and me are only going to rastle with the sperrit of that gay young galoot, when he drops down for his girl—and exhort him pow’ful!
From The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
"I never seed a man yit that I couldn't throw in any sort of a rastle."
From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by McElroy, John
I rastled the big feller around in the road there for some time, neither of us able to git a good holt.
From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
"He rastled with my finger," he remarked to Tipton, holding up the member, "the damned little cuss!"
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Harte, Bret
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