three-score

• “Besides, when you have lived your three-score and ten, the last think you want to do, is rush the future.”

  The Huffington Post: George Mitrovich: The Politics of 2012 Can Wait

• “If three-score bucks have made up their mind to kill the girl, why, we can't help it.”

  WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS

• “Despite his three-score years, he had never experienced a village shelling.”

  CHAPTER XIX

• “As a Glos-supporting schoolboy three-score years and more ago, we had a fond enough affinity with our nearest neighbours to the south and north – we happily admired the bucolic likes of Somerset's Harold Gimblett and Arthur Wellard, for instance, as well as the class of Worcester's Don Kenyon and the rosy-cheeked persistence of Reg Perks.”

  The Guardian: Madcap Wilf Wooller created my Glamorgan angst | Frank Keating

• “Texas demonstrated that they could successfully execute an on-side kick, so I have no problem with Alabama making it a three-score game. sym Says:”

  Matthew Yglesias » Nick Saban is History’s Greatest Monster

• “The tiny room was shared between Van Horn and Borckman, while the main cabin was occupied by the three-score and odd return boys.”

  CHAPTER IV

• “Nalasu was an old man of three-score years, and he was blind, walking with a large staff with which he prodded his path.”

  CHAPTER XVI

• “So rather than cut it to a one-score game, it again became a three-score contest, essentially putting the game out of reach for good.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ravens Defense Smothers, Outscores Jets

• “But aside from a soft goal while his team held a three-score lead, Mr. Miller remained present when his defense didn't.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Despite Jitters, U.S. Men Notch a Win; Canada Awaits

• “He capped a 99-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown, the last of his 18 carries and equaling his three-score performances against Florida and Troy during a brilliant redshirt freshman season.”

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