Worcester against Gloucester, a phr.
Worcester against Gloucester, a phr. expressive of rivalry.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A Southern US dialectal form of wrestle, used both literally for physical wrestling and figuratively for struggling with a difficult task or problem. With up it means to gather or scrape together with effort, as in wrassle up some grub. Carries a rustic, informal flavour and is associated with Appalachian and Southern American speech.
(Ireland, informal, idiom) hurling (the sport).
To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally).
(Australia, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) soccer.
A skirmish, a hostile encounter.