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fourscore (n.)

"eighty, four times twenty," mid-13c., "formerly current as an ordinary numeral" [OED], from four + score (n.). Archaic by the time Lincoln used it at Gettysburg in 1863. Related: Fourscorth "eightieth."

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Definitions of fourscore from WordNet
1
fourscore (n.)
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight;
Synonyms: eighty / " / lxxx
2
fourscore (adj.)
being ten more than seventy;
Synonyms: eighty / " / lxxx
From wordnet.princeton.edu