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fourscore

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four·score  (fôrskôr, frskr)
adj.
Four times twenty; eighty.
fourscore [ˌfɔːˈskɔː]
determiner
an archaic word for eighty
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fourscorefourscore - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
80, eighty, LXXX
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.1.fourscorefourscore - being ten more than seventy          
80, eighty, lxxx
cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
Translations
fourscore (o.f.) [ˈfɔːˈskɔːʳ] ADJ → ochenta
fourscore [ˈfɔːˈskɔːʳ] adj (old) → ottanta inv
fourscore [ˈfɔːˈskɔːʳ] adj (old) → ottanta inv


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When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this country, they had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Fourscore thousand pounds do not stand in need of an advocate to recommend them.
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And the band increased by other stout hearts till by the end of the summer fourscore good men and true had sworn fealty.
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