What does the word fourscore mean?
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Usage examples for fourscore
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Godwin,
in
order
to
appease
the
king,
made
him
a
magnificent
present
of
a
galley
with
a
gilt
stern,
rowed
by
fourscore
men,
who
bore
each
of
them
a
gold
bracelet
on
his
arm,
weighing
sixteen
ounces,
and
were
armed
and
clothed
in
the
most
sumptuous
manner.
– The History of England, Volume I by David Hume
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The
same
train
that
brought
her
home
to
Lagonda
Ledge,
brought
a
letter
to
Professor
Vincent
Burgess,
A.
B.
The
letter
heading
bore
as
many
of
Dr.
Joshua
Wream's
titles
as
space
would
permit,
but
the
cramped,
old-
fashioned
handwriting
belonged
to
a
man
of
more
than
fourscore
years,
and
it
was
signed
just "
J.
R."
Burgess
read
this
letter
many
times
that
night
after
he
returned
from
dinner
at
the
Fenneben
home.
– A Master's Degree by Margaret Hill McCarter
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He
who
struck
those
notes
strikes
now
another;
and
as
we
listen
our
wonder
grows,
and
cannot
help
but
grow,
that
a
bard
of
fourscore
and
upward
should
write
in
such
absolute
sympathy
with
youth,
love,
hope,
happiness,
and
all
that
is
free
and
wandering
and
martial
and
active
in
the
vicissitudes
of
adventure,
the
exploits
of
chivalry,
and
the
vagabondish
spirit
of
gypsy
frolic.
– Shadows of the Stage by William Winter