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hassle – podictionary 217

June 01, 2010

Repeat episode from 2006

In 1993 the entry for "hassle" in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English gave the word a meaning close to "fight."

For me though, hassle means more inconvenience than fisticuffs and I seem to be supported in this by mos