Fourscore
[fawr-skawr, fohr-skohr] /ˈfɔrˈskɔr, ˈfoʊrˈskoʊr/
adjective
1.
times twenty; eighty.
/ˌfɔːˈskɔː/
determiner
1.
an archaic word for eighty
n.
“eighty,” mid-13c., “formerly current as an ordinary numeral” [OED], from four + score (n.).
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