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The Britannica Dictionary fourscore 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• fourscore (adjective)

fourscore /ˈfoɚˈskoɚ/ adjective fourscore /ˈfoɚˈskoɚ/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of FOURSCORE formal + old-fashioned : eighty

• “Fourscore and seven [=87] years ago…”

  Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863)

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