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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"I'd have to wrastle that out with the coroner afterward, I expect," replied Dingwell casually.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
But I've broken my bullet screw in that wrastle.
From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John
“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
Stranger, I reckon you ain't never been up in them barren mountings, whar men has to wrastle with the yearth and the Devil fer every mouthful of food they puts into their bellies?
From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
He begun to wrastle with the feller that had the rope.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
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