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Meanings of threescore in English

Being ten more than fifty.

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Usage of threescore in English
1
At threescore years he was still in the full vigor of life.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
2
Upon a general calculation, threescore persons in every hundred have the small-pox.
Letters on England
3
The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
4
Germany has been puffing for threescore years; France smokes to a man.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers
5
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
6
Every glass touched every glass, an operation which entailed some threescore clinkings.
Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
7
He must have been at that time full threescore years and ten.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
8
But I'm heading toward my threescore and ten, as the Good Book says.
American empire: blood and iron
9
It may be to-morrow; but it may be threescore years away.
Bits about Home Matters
10
Nevertheless, the Lord has been gracious; for my days have already reached threescore-and-ten.
Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
11
We live threescore years and we balance it with all eternity.
The Blind Spot
12
Samuel Adams died in 1803, at the age of above threescore and ten.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
13
The saint cured no fewer than threescore and thirteen persons possessed of devils.
The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
14
The whole circle of threescore monsters seemed to rise about us.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
15
The Lord can multiply a hundredfold-somethreescore, and some an hundredfold.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
16
A day here is as threescore of their years as these mortals live.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
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