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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of And Then Some

and elsewhere
and finally
and his mother
and how
and if
and others
and so
and so forth
and so on
and that
and the like
and then
and then some (current term)
and whatnot
and your little dog too
andabatism
andalusite
andalusites
andante
andantes
andantini
andantino
andantinos
ande
andelmin
andersen sampler
andersonite

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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