subs. (colloquial).—A struggle; a contest; a TOUSLE (q.v.). Also as verb = to scuffle, to struggle.
[?]. [PERCY, Reliques], ‘St. George for England.’ Did TUSTLE with red-eyed pole-cat.
1709. CENTLIVRE, The Busy Body, 44. Muzzle and TUZZLE and hug thee.
1818. SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, li. It is some comfort when one has had a sair TUSSEL … that it is in a fair leddy’s service.
