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How would you explain “five-and-thirty” in the last sentence?
His face had undergone only tiny changes that had nevertheless worked a complete transformation. The black eyebrows were less bushy, the wrinkles were gone, the whole lines of the face seemed to have altered; even the nose seemed shorter. It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty.
How would you explain “five-and-thirty” in the last sentence?
Thanks!
Nov 30, 2013 2:13 AM
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It is just a poetic way to say that the man appears to be about 35 years old… :)
November 30, 2013
interesting:)
November 30, 2013
Yes a bit old fashioned. My mum says five and twenty to six instead of twenty five to six when telling the time.
November 30, 2013
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