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tussle

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Main Entry: ²tussle

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): tus·sled; tus·sling \-s(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology: Middle English (Scots) tussillen, frequentative of Middle English -tusen, -tousen to tousle — more at touse

Date: 1638

: to struggle roughly : scuffle

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