three score and ten



three score and ten

Seventy. (A "score" is a group of 20.) Our forefathers were lucky to reach three score and ten—many of them died much younger than that.
See also: and, score, ten, three

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÁGota-Hungarian
Ó&Eth;Inn-Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Nikolina-Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Alba (3)-Ancient Germanic
Sophronia-Literature, Late Greek
Ulloriaq-Native American, Greenlandic