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
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?
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
But if I were in there, and you and the other two were not get-at-able, what then?”
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
Whether it shall be squared, or oblong with oval ends, depends upon tastes; by all means it should be get-at-able.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
Still, the Sirdar is strong and Marchand is not get-at-able....
From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil
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