come-at-able
Example Sentences
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Poor girl! she was barely fifteen, and without this consent her little amount in the funds was not come-at-able until five immeasurable summers had “dragged their slow length along.”
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
Our country spirit at home is perhaps the most entirely wholesome; but as that is not come-at-able, Rhenish or a white wine of Burgundy will be next best.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
All which Crabstick knew, and would often declare her missus to be "of all missuses the most slyest and least come-at-able."
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
It is come-at-able from Cork by train to Bantry and then coach, or by coach from Killarney or Kenmare.
From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Robert Lloyd Praeger
"As to that, Bengal is more come-at-able than the Great Bear," said he, laughing.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
