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Meanings of hard tussle in English

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Usage of hard tussle in English
1
We shall have a hard tussle for it. The critical moment was approaching.
The Three Midshipmen
2
Then fortune favored me and after a hard tussle I won.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
3
I had a very hard tussle, and got it at last for two hundred and twenty pounds.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
4
Poor girl, you'll have a hard tussle!
The Second Violin
5
The boys would do well she was sure, though they might have a hard tussle with the world.
Janet McLaren, the Faithful Nurse
6
He has had a hard tussle, but he is a strong man naturally, and he may escape this time.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
7
After a hard tussle, Grandpapa and Uncle Caleb succeeded in driving him out of the room; albeit, it was only for a time.
The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
8
I know you too well, Tom, to fancy that you'd be for doing either one or the other without a hard tussle for it.
True Blue
9
A long and hard tussle it was, I assure you, to fight against the indraught, and to drag my frame through the long hillocky gorge.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
10
"Gave us a hard tussle, though; very nigh sent us both under, didn't he, pup!"
The Dog Crusoe and his Master
11
"You'd have a hard tussle trying to carry one of these fellows away against his will, Tom."
Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship
12
"The poor fellow was frightened," and I stroked his neck softly, "and certainly gave me a hard tussle.
Love under Fire
13
"You have had a hard tussle for your life; you behaved courageously, my lad," observed Mr Tremayne, taking his hand.
Michael Penguyne; Or, Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast
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