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
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“Yes, let ‘Sister’ Davis have a whack at it too,” urged George Bland.
From Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner by Lester Chadwick
"The Austrians will have a whack at us before that," said Hal positively.
From The Boy Allies in Great Peril Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
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
"You fetch home reports like that, and you'n me will have a whack at Old Yellowfoot sure after we're done with the grouse."
From The Black Fawn by James Arthur Kjelgaard
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