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at command

at command prepositional phrase: available for use.

Prepositional phrase

  1. available for use
    • They refused us a han'fu' in our greatest need, but now it wull be our turn to ha' fou sacks and baith cakes and kebbucks at command, while their aumery is bare

Questions about at command

What does at command mean?
At command means available for use.
What part of speech is at command?
At command is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at command in the dictionary

  1. at best
  2. at bottom
  3. at call
  4. at church every time the doors are open
  5. at church every time the doors swing open
  6. at command
  7. at cost
  8. at cross-purposes
  9. at daggers drawn
  10. at dark
  11. at death's door

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