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fourscore | seven |

As a numeral fourscore

is eighty.

As a proper noun seven is

.

fourscore

English

Numeral

(head)
  • Eighty.
  • * , 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.

    seven

    English

    (wikipedia seven)

    Alternative forms

    * Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: VII * sev'n

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after six and before eight.

    • Related terms

    * seventh

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    Noun

  • The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
    • He wrote three sevens on the paper.
  • (countable, cards) A card bearing seven pips.

    • Derived terms

    * at sixes and sevens * deuce-to-seven lowball * Group of Seven * rugby sevens * seven card stud * seven deadly sins * Sevener/sevener * sevenfold * Seven Hills of Rome * seven iron * seven-league boots * seven minutes in heaven * sevenness * sevennight * seven out * sevens * Seven Sages * sevenscore * seven seals * seven seas * seven second delay * Seven Sisters * Seven Sleepers Day * sevensome * seventh * seven-up * seven virtues * Seven Wonders of the World * seven-year itch * twenty-four seven * unseven

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