Definitions
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- determiner rare A
few score : on the order of a small multiple of twenty.
Etymologies
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From few + score.
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Examples
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"I may ask for the use of a fewscore of your armsmen" in service of the Regency.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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The sorceress has but a fewscore armsmen, and she cannot use levies against the people within Defalk.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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And she could always call for a fewscore more if she needed them.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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On the far side of the depression, a fewscore armsmen, mostly on foot, scrambled eastward through the grasslands and along the highway, back toward Mencha.
The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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