three score and fifth

adjective

Sixty-fifth.

Meanings

adjectivethree score and fifth (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSixty-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

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