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three score and fifth

three score and fifth adjective: sixty-fifth.

Adjective

three score and fifth (not comparable)

  1. Sixty-fifth.
    • Mrs. Hatchway had given up the ghost, in the three-score and fifth year of her age.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about three score and fifth

What does three score and fifth mean?
Three score and fifth means sixty-fifth.
What part of speech is three score and fifth?
Three score and fifth is an adjective.

Words near three score and fifth in the dictionary

  1. three ring circus
  2. three ring circuses
  3. Three Rivers
  4. Three Rocks
  5. three Rs
  6. three score and fifth
  7. three score and ten
  8. three seconds rule
  9. three seconds rules
  10. three sheets
  11. three sheets in the wind

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