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Definition of Rassle
1. to wrestle [v -SLED, -SLING, -SLES] - See also: wrestle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rassle
| raspinesses rasping raspingly raspings raspis raspises raspish raspite rasplike rasps | raspy rastaquouère rastaquouères rastas raster raster font raster graphics rastering rasterisation rasterisations | rasterise |
Literary usage of Rassle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
""A 'rassle' WITH CONSCIENCE." ERNEST RUSSELL. The white dawn o'er the sleeping
forest rose, And woke each beast and binl to feed and play ; To pass in ..."
2. Pete Crowther: Salesman by Elmer Ellsworth Ferris (1913)
""Yes, I could rassle some," admitted Jim complacently as he quaffed his beer.
"rassle some! Well, I guess so! Do you remember how you took the starch out of ..."
3. Essex Archaeology and History: The Transactions of the Essex Archaeological by Essex Archaeological Society (1863)
"R. rassle, »., to stir violently, as to rassle the embers in an oven. Rilo,»., to
provoke. Ringle, n., a ring. Roake, v., to blaze furiously. ..."
4. Capacity, Twin Sister to Character in the Four Big C's by William Post (1920)
"He wrote the big merchant in broken English that "he wanted a job in his store,"
that "he could rassle" and "would look good in store clothes. ..."
5. Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations by Jacob W. Shoemaker, R. W. Shoemaker, C. C. Shoemaker (1906)
"But he done tote Nicodemus up to a cabin he have in de woods, an' dah he rassle
wiv dat ... an' rassle, ..."
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