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
Hal, my boy, we're simply going to shove ourselves into jobs in that boatyard, and we're going to have a whack at the whole game of building and fitting out a submarine torpedo boat.
From The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat by Durham, Victor G.
Come along, I say, Professor, an' let's have a whack at them piles o' gold.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
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.
Piffle it may be, but I'm going to have a whack at it.
From A Splendid Hazard by MacGrath, Harold
