get-at-able
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Some $3 trillion of get-at-able minerals are thought to lie under a country bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, equivalent roughly to $1m for each of nearly 3m Mongolians.
From Economist • Oct. 9, 2014
Here are the stables; I had them put as far from the house as possible, and yet get-at-able.
From At Love's Cost by Garvice, Charles
The next night our men went out and brought one in who was near and get-at-able, and buried him.
From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward
The delegates who went to Mr. Chappell seem to be amenable to the law and get-at-able.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of
He was six-and-thirty now, and had seen life pretty well, I can tell you, for there was not a get-at-able corner of the globe that he hadn't looked at through his eye-glass.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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