justle

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Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable.

From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William

The chariots rage in the streets, They justle one against another in the broad ways: The appearance of them is like torches, They run like the lightnings.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

Some wag observes me thus perplex'd, And, smiling, whispers to the next, "I thought the Dean had been too proud, To justle here among a crowd!"

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

I do not discommend or derogate from those other studies; I should betray mine own ignorance and weakness should I do so; I only wish they might not altogether justle out and exclude this.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

T after s is silent in listen, glisten, hasten, chasten, christen, fasten, moisten, thistle, whistle, bristle, castle, nestle, pestle, gristle, jostle, justle, hustle, bustle, rustle, epistle, apostle, mistletoe, forecastle.

From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.