She got down on the floor with him and tussled with him, her face beaming.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster
Everyone tussled, kissed, drank, picked quarrels, and fought duels.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
Jones threw all the weight of his burly form on the lariat, and Baldy crashed to the ground, rolled, tussled, screamed, and then lay on his back, kicking the air with three free legs.
"The Last of the Plainsmen"
Zane Grey