tussle

a struggle ; we had a tussle for it. N. & S.

Tussle
·noun A struggle; a scuffle. II. Tussle ·vi & ·vt To struggle, as in sport; to <<Scuffle>>; to stru...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tussle
The verb to touse is given by both Johnson and Webster, to pull; to tear; to haul. Both have also th...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.