justle

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But when I knock, O how they bustle; The hostler yawns, the geldings justle: If the maid be sleepy, O how they curse her; And all this comes, of, Deliver your purse, sir.

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen

The nobles justle one another to get nearest to the king's elbow, and wear gold chains of that weight and bigness as require no less strength to carry than they do wealth to purchase.

From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius

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

I am no longer patient of the public eye; nor am I of force to win my way and to justle and elbow in a crowd.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

As Men are forc'd to justle in a Crowd.

From 'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation by Pahl, Gretchen Graf