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• three score and ten — Meaning The span of a life. Seventy years, as given in the Bible. Origin The Bible, Psalms 90:10. The 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;… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• threescore — three|score [ ,θri skɔr ] an old word meaning sixty : threescore years and ten (=70 years): He had lived for threescore years and ten …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• threescore — /ˈθriskɔ/ (say threeskaw) phrase threescore and ten, seventy years, especially when considered as a marker of old age …  

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