come-at-able
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"As to that, Bengal is more come-at-able than the Great Bear," said he, laughing.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
All which Crabstick knew, and would often declare her missus to be "of all missuses the most slyest and least come-at-able."
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
Poor girl!—she was barely fifteen, and without this consent, her little amount in the funds was not come-at-able until five immeasurable summers had "dragged their slow length along."
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Edgar Allan Poe
He might sacrifice something for the first, but the latter were too plentiful and too come-at-able to be worth great cost.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
It is come-at-able from Cork by train to Bantry and then coach, or by coach from Killarney or Kenmare.
From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Robert Lloyd Praeger
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