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have a whack at

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Joe said, “Hey, man, that’s a pretty nice-sounding guitar, lemme have a whack at it.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Come along, I say, Professor, an' let's have a whack at them piles o' gold.

From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

I would have a whack at the place by day.

From The Harbor by Ernest Poole

I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.

From The Road by Jack London

Let me have a whack at it with this branch.

From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Mabel C. Hawley

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