tossment
nounEtymology From toss + -ment.
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Archaic Tossing; moving restlessly.
- After so long a voyage as three score and 16 years tossment upon the waves of this troublesome world.quoted in 1866, Henry Dircks, Worcesteriana: a Collection of Literary Authorities (page 18)
- Ortúzar lays his hand upon “The Poppet's” curly head, which is more than usually curly after a night's tossment, and asks, “What shall you say to el padre this morning?”1875, E. F. B., Sandycourt: a Tale, page 69: