five-and-thirty

Ye see, "says he, shaking his pawky old head," the day ye find a priest sittin 'in the court at Trinity is a day ye'll be able to skate over Dublin Bay from Bray to Balbriggan - an' as for seein 'St Stephen's Green from the court, well, I doubt if even ould Faylen could see that far from heaven, where he's been this five-and-thirty years, God rest his soul.

THE NUMBERS 2010

It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

It is five-and-thirty, or perhaps nearer forty years ago, since, to relieve the dejection of spirits occasioned by a great family loss sustained two or three months before, I undertook what was called the short Highland tour.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

I am a servant of the Lord, George; and I have been a good servant to him, I have, these five-and-thirty years.

George Silvermans's Explanation 2007

Clotilde de Rupt, at this time five-and-thirty, and as good as widowed, with a husband who turned egg-cups in every variety of wood, who set his mind on making wheels with six spokes out of iron-wood, and manufactured snuff-boxes for everyone of his acquaintance, flirted in strict propriety with Amedee de Soulas.

Albert Savarus 2007

I am a servant of the Lord, George; and I have been a good servant to him, I have, these five-and-thirty years.

George Silvermans's Explanation 2007

“He was a fellow-clerk of mine thirty — five-and-thirty — years ago.”

A Message from the Sea 2007

(‘Ah, let’s have that!’ from Brother Gimblet.) ‘Because I have been his faithful servant for five-and-thirty years, and because he knows it.

George Silvermans's Explanation 2007

(‘Ah, let’s have that!’ from Brother Gimblet.) ‘Because I have been his faithful servant for five-and-thirty years, and because he knows it.

George Silvermans's Explanation 2007