Sentence:  “Mother,” said Tony, “you know that spanner that got into the water-butt the day I had my bandaged ankle? It's here; we can feel it. Can I put on my bathing dress and <WSD>grabble</WSD> it up with my feet?” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pick (something or someone) "up" hastily, roughly or clumsily.<ref>(Francis Grose), "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1796, 3rd edition: “T<small>O</small> G<small>RABBLE</small>. To seize.”[https://archive.org/details/cu31924073798740]</ref>