get-at-able
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“She is a tearing fine specimen. She got excellent reserve. Not so confounded get-at-able.”
From Literature
To Sir J. Jocelyn Coghill are photographers indebted for obtaining so much space for their works, and in such a get-at-able situation; but it is a pity the rooms are not better lighted.
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But Franc, the young Marconi operator, was never get-at-able when on duty.
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Would any man sit down there and shiver in idleness, when the reachable glory of Polar victory was on one side and the get-at-able gastronomic joy of game land on the other?
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But if I were in there, and you and the other two were not get-at-able, what then?”
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