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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They’ll probably have to wrastle ’em again to-morrow.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
"Now, Deacon Smiff, please pass de box while I watch de signs an' see if dere's any one in dis congregation dat needs me ter wrastle in prayer fer him."
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
Ye oughter try liftin' some o' them drummers' sample-cases that I hatter wrastle with.
From How Janice Day Won by Long, Helen Beecher
And my old hoss can wrastle a bag of oats, too.
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West
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
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