have a whack
Example Sentences
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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
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 London, Jack
I’d as soon have a whack from an honest shillaly as be pelted by thim threacherous lumps,” cried Dan Maloney.
From The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America by Friston, D. H.
I would have a whack at the place by day.
From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest
"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 Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
