yerked

He stammered, he tried to laugh, he put his hand on Margaret's head, he yerked up his trousers, he looked into his basket.

Margaret 1851

With a wild yelling neigh, the tortured brute yerked out his heels viciously; and, as ill luck would have it, both took effect on the person of his fallen master, one striking him a terrible blow on the chest, the other shattering his collar bone and shoulder.

The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832

Indeed, a condemned thief with the rope about his neck, and the white cowl tied over his eyes, to say nothing of his hands yerked together behind his back, and on the nick of being thrown over, could not have been more thankful for a reprieve than I was, at the same blessed moment.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

Indeed, a condemned thief with the rope about his neck, and the white cowl tied over his eyes, to say nothing of his hands yerked together behind his back, and on the nick of being thrown over, could not have been more thankful for a reprieve than I was, at the same blessed moment.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

So up he rose, with a loud pech; and while the old woman keelhauled me with a poker on one side, he yerked at me on the other, until at length he gave me a regular cross buttock, and then between them they diddled me outright.

Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

But he is my sister's son -- my own nephew -- our flesh and blood -- and his hands and feet are yerked as tight as cords can be drawn.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

But he is my sister’s son — my own nephew — our flesh and blood — and his hands and feet are yerked as tight as cords can be drawn. —

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

"for I have given thee the Manor of Dallington up the hill this half-hour since," and he yerked at Hugh with his scabbard across the straw.

Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

I have given thee the Manor of Dallington up the hill this half-hour since,” and he yerked at Hugh with his scabbard across the straw.

Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900