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threescore
[ three-skawr, -skohr ]
adjective
- being or containing three times twenty; sixty.
threescore
/ 藞胃谤颈藧藞蝉办蓴藧 /
determiner
- an archaic word for sixty
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of threescore1
Example Sentences
The 49ers gutted the Minnesota defense with eight straight rushing plays to go 44 yards and punch in another score, providing the Niners a cushion that would lead to a comfortable threescore victory.
鈥淪he wanted to impress upon the superintendent the serious ramifications of Brown. I had never in my lifetime seen a judge read Brown in court, and I am more than threescore and 10.鈥
In the words of the Psalms, 鈥淭he days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow.鈥
The kings and common folk, courtiers and soldiers in these productions add up to threescore or fourscore.
Given that 2035 is my approximate checkout time on the threescore and ten count here鈥檚 hoping I live to see whether this prediction makes a fool of me or not.
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