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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.
–noun
3. a commotion; rumpus.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME -t(o)usen, in betusen, fortusen to handle roughly (simple verb first recorded in the early 16th century); c. OFris tūsen to rend, G zausen to tousle
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