threescore
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiskɔɹ/
noun
Etymology: From three + score. Compare the etymology of Danish tres.
- Sixty (60).
“And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand, and seuen hundred and threescore, very able men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.”
“Words cannot picture her; but all men know That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought Three centuries and threescore years ago”