jostle

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In life to win success, Elbow your way through, Jostle the next one, Else you will be jostled.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Ibraham, Islam, Ismael, imps in ill, Jostle John, Jarovlitz, Jem, Joe, Jack, Jill; Kick kindling Kutusoff, kings’ kinsmen kill; Labor low levels loftiest, longest lines; Men march ’mid moles, ’mid mounds, ’mid murderous mines.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Where in reverence heads were bowed Surges now a careless crowd; “Muddied oafs” and “flanneled fools” Jostle “Yanks” with camping stools;— Gone the things that meaning gave “With the old world to the grave.”

From A line-o'-verse or two by Taylor, Bert Leston

About five guys would get under a pipe and we would Jostle to all get� wet as it was only a small stream of water coming out.

From The Biography of a Rabbit by Benson, Roy, Jr.

Jostle, jos′l, v.t. to joust or strike against: to drive against.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various