warstle
- a variation of warsle.
Example Sentences
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"Dinna warstle yersel' to death, Aggie," he said.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George
The warld’s wrack we share o’t, The warstle and the care o’t; Wi’ her I’ll blythely bear it, And think my lot divine.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Neither can you "warstle" through the peat-bogs and snow-drifts for forty winters without a touch of rheumatism.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Na; the puir fallow maun warstle oot o' the thicket o' deid roses as best he can—sair scrattit, nae doobt.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
Things micht be waur, and we'll warstle through yet.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
