wrastle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of wrastle
1200–50; Middle English wrastlen, variant of wrestlen to wrestle
Example Sentences
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An' yez tho't ye could wrastle wid Terence O'Boyle?
From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Munroe, Kirk
"Had to wrastle Pedro away from the stove an' I ain't quite on to that oven yet, but they look good, don't they?"
From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)
“I can keep a tally book and order up the grub from Bender; but, durn the luck, when it comes to makin’ love on paper I’d rather wrastle a bear.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
Either leave it mighty pronto, or wrastle with it till you're a man at the game.
From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Then I begin to warm right up, I whistle "Yankee Doodle" through, An' wrastle with the collie pup— And sometimes gran'dad whistles too.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean
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