Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word half-a-score.

Examples

  • A young fellow learns more there in an hour than by poring over books for half-a-score of years.

    A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

  • As for Nora and Castle Brady, between today and yesterday there seemed to be a gap as of half-a-score of years.

    The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

  • Mrs Dale told herself half-a-score of times that morning that she could not be justified in keeping the letter from her daughter.

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • That I should feel self-respect as a result of killing almost half-a-score of my fellow human beings was a mark of what I had become since my capture by the Nazis.

    The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001

  • Splash and burble echoed softly from half-a-score fountains, scattered among fig tree and flowering plants and alabaster statuary.

    Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1986

  • Splash and burble echoed softly from half-a-score fountains, scattered among fig trees and flowering plants and alabaster statuary.

    Conan The Magnificent Jordan, Robert 1984

  • Close behind their arrows came half-a-score Hyrkanians, waving short horn bows and curved yataghans as they ran.

    Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

  • Close behind their arrows came half-a-score Hyrkanians, waving short horn bows and curved yataghans as they ran.

    Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

  • Washington had to treat half-a-score, more or less, of administrative ills.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • The Army must be increased to 110 battalions, the artillery enlarged, a corps of engineers established—half-a-score changes must be made at once if the new Army was to be recruited or be efficient when created.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.