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threescore
[ three-skawr, -skohr ]
adjective
- being or containing three times twenty; sixty.
threescore
/ ˈθriːˈskɔː /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of threescore1
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Example Sentences
And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
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And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 7:17.
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Elders of threescore demand an entrance upon the strength of risqué stories sprung from garrison-towns and college common-rooms.
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The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present.
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But her simplicity of living saved her, and she is still hale and hearty, though she has passed the limit of threescore and ten.
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