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
However, several people had been saying that Stigler had got me "on the run," so I decided it was up to me to have a whack at him.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold
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.
“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 Chadwick, Lester
