fourscore
Americanadjective
determiner
Etymology
Origin of fourscore
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at four, score
Example Sentences
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The high-rise was one of three that were being put up by Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based real estate firm.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
And callers to a Fourscore phone line were told it was “no longer in service.”
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
Fourscore and seven years later, the Valley’s disaffection peaked: It tried by the ballot to secede from L.A., and damn near succeeded.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021
Fourscore young Indians ferried to the Rock at night, and instead of being turned back, they were welcomed by Deputy Caretaker Glenn Dodson, who announced that he was one-eighth Indian himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
I phansy of him so His good old thoughts employin; Fourscore years and one ago Beside the flowin' Boyne.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
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