come-at-able
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Julia, sitting over the fire, finding she cannot get Dulce to gossip with—Dulce, indeed, is not come-at-able of late—turns gratefully to Portia, who happens to come into the room at this moment.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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 Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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 Poe, Edgar Allan
But the old knight, look you, is not come-at-able.
From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
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.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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