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Definition of And then some
1. Adverb. And considerably more in addition. "It cost me a week's salary and then some"
Definition of And then some
1. Phrase. (idiomatic colloquial) (non-gloss definition Used to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of And Then Some
Literary usage of And then some
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... men remain perpetually maimed : for after the horsemen have done as much as
they can, they withdraw themselves, and then some accustomed nimble fellows, ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Then some blanks were made out and then some more horses were ordered out, and
then some were inspected and ordered to be shot or turned over to the Quarter ..."
3. Girls and Education by Le Baron Russell Briggs (1911)
"and then some wretched little disagreeable duty comes which is your martyrdom,
the lamp for your oil; and if you do not doit, your oil is spilled. ..."
4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"And it may be so; for I do not find Sir W. Coventry so highly commending the Duke
as he used to be, but letting fell, now and then, some little ..."
5. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science (1878)
"In two days time little insects were observed, creeping towards the upper
extremities of the twigs, and then some of these twigs were examined closely to ..."
6. A Book for a Rainy Day: Or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833 by John Thomas Smith (1861)
"... her servant in the kitchen, till it was time to reappear; and then some of
her friends would compliment her on the effects of her summer's excursion. ..."
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