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.
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I shall begin immediately after the holy week, for until the forestieri, of which there are a fabulous number, have gone to their respective summer quarters, neither piano nor masters are in any way come-at-able.
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Our country spirit at home is perhaps the most entirely wholesome; but as that is not come-at-able, Rhenish or a white wine of Burgundy will be next best.”
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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.”
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He might sacrifice something for the first, but the latter were too plentiful and too come-at-able to be worth great cost.
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