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- A dialectal variant of
tousle .
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(verb) - (1) To pull about, especially applied to any rough dalliance with a female.
--John Brockett's Glossary of North Country Words, 1825
(2) Touzly, ruffled, shaggy. In the phrase, "to touzle one's top," to make one's hair stand on end.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
January 18, 2018