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touse

[touz; Scot. tooz, toos] ,verb, toused, tous·ing, noun Chiefly British Dialect
verb (used with object)
1.
to handle roughly; dishevel.
verb (used without object)
2.
to struggle; tussle.

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noun
3.
a commotion; rumpus.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English -t(o)usen, in betusen, fortusen to handle roughly (simple verb first recorded in the early 16th century); cognate with Old Frisian tūsen to rend, German zausen to tousle
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