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
They were more easily negotiated and less traceable than English banknotes, and they were more get-at-able.
From Jack O' Judgment by Wallace, Edgar
Every portion of furnace chamber, flues, shafts, and conduits for hot and cold air must be "get-at-able" either by means of manholes or by long brushes.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
The ammunition supply, now abundant, thanks to Harley Greenoak and the bravery of the express-riders, was securely disposed, and, at the same time, readily get-at-able.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram
"But," objects the English wildfowl shooter, "suppose the birds are not get-at-able in any other way?"
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry
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