fourscore

English

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

• (UK) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːskɔː/
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Numeral

fourscore

1. (now archaic) Eighty.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Numbers IV:48:

     Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.

   • 1863, Abraham Lincoln, ‘Gettysburg Address’:

     Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

     Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.

Translations

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• Bulgarian: осемдесет (osemdeset)
• Catalan: vuitanta (ca)
• Dutch: tachtig (nl)
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• French: quatre-vingts (fr), (Switzerland) huitante (fr)
• German: achtzig (de)

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