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- tussle



[tussle 词源字典] - tussle: see tousle
[tussle etymology, tussle origin, 英语词源] - tussle (v.)




- "to struggle, scuffle, wrestle confusedly," late 15c. (transitive); 1630s (intransitive), Scottish and northern English variant of touselen (see tousle). Related: Tussled; tussling.
- tussle (n.)




- "a struggle, conflict, scuffle," 1620s (but rare before 19c.), from tussle (v.).