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threescore

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three·score  (thrskôr, -skr)
adj.
Being three times twenty; sixty.
threescore n. & pron.
threescore [ˈθriːˈskɔː]
determiner
an archaic word for sixty
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Noun1.threescore - a set with 3 times 20 members
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
Adj.1.threescore - being ten more than fiftythreescore - being ten more than fifty            
60, lx, sixty
cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
Translations
threescore [ˈθriːskɔːʳ] N (o.f., liter) → sesenta
threescore years and ten → setenta años
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Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent.
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Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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Presently whom should he see but this same Will flying madly forth from the gates again, closely pursued by the Sheriff and threescore men.
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