Scuffle

Definitions

1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
2. A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
3. Poverty; struggle.
   slang
4. A child's pinafore or bib.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]”

“It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.”

“Fights ensued as many England supporters attempted to retreat before some stewards moved in. Intermittent scuffles continued to break⟳ out until the section of the crowd where the trouble⟳ started was vacated.”

“But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press⟳ was in my jeans”

“Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)”

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