2. Noun. a confused struggle ¹
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Definition of Scuffling
1. scuffle [v] - See also: scuffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuffling
Literary usage of Scuffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1892)
"There was, however, no scuffling among them, and only a friendly rivalry.
But night was made hideous enough with the combined efforts and stentorian lungs ..."
2. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... and trials of strength by hooking together the little fingers, or scuffling
for a prize, seem to be the only out-door amusements indulged in by adults, ..."
3. The Making of the Australian Commonwealth, 1889-1900: A Stage in the Growth by Bernhard Ringrose Wise (1913)
"... XIII ' scuffling ON THE STEPS OF THE TEMPLE ' UPON the resignation from the
Ministry of Messrs. Barton and O'Connor (December 1892) it was recognised, ..."
4. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"Yesterday when the 40th Illinois charged the Rebels out of one of their numerous
barricades a "Forty" boy and a Johnnie had a real scuffling fight. ..."
5. Mutterings and Musings of an Invalid by Frederic Townsend (1851)
"ernes, smashing phials, pounding pillows, doing every thing that is disgraceful,
and inappropriate— yes, kicking, scolding, scuffling, to the very last ..."
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