justle

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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)

I was in those doldrums which beset the politician when rivals justle him from his little eminence.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert

Their cries soon waken all the dwellers near; Now murmuring noises rise in every street; The more remote run stumbling with their fear, And in the dark men justle as they meet.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

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

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.