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Fourscore

//ˈfɔɹskoɹ// noun, num

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    being ten more than seventy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A quantity or amount of eighty.

    "W. J. Davis, a retired missionary, a veteran in the fourscores of his years."

  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    Eighty. archaic

    "Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats."

  2. 2
    A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years. idiomatic

    "[…] I know every life is equally sacred, but that is a thought, another thought, I mean, all these valuable people who aren’t going to have their normal fourscore as it is now, these people aren’t going to be replaced, and it’s such a loss to the culture."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From four + score.

Etymology 2

From four + score.

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