justle

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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

Methought this word able was spoke so loud unto me and gave such a justle to my fear and doubt as I never had all my life either before that or after .

From Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Whyte, Alexander

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

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.

The grave old man he makes a bustle, And his wise sentence in must justle.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)