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four score seven years ago

four score seven years ago is the alternative form of four score and seven years ago.

Meaning of four score and seven years ago

Adverb

four score and seven years ago (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, often) Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.
    • It was established four score and seven years ago, and since that time its activities have been intertwined with the internal development of the Nation itself.1936 April 16, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Address at the Dedication of the New Department of the Interior Building

Questions about four score seven years ago

What is four score seven years ago the alternative form of?
Four score seven years ago is the alternative form of four score and seven years ago.

Words near four score seven years ago in the dictionary

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  3. four score
  4. four score and seven years ago
  5. four score and ten
  6. four score seven years ago
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  8. four sheets in the wind
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  10. Four Shire Stone
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