fourscore
Use Fourscore in a sentence
adjective
four times twenty; eighty.
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Fourscore
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years.
To this he was steadfast and true through a life extending over fourscore years.
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