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Score is an old word for the number 20. It is used in the famous expression from the "Gettysburg Address": "Four score and seven years ago..." = (4*20+7)years = 87 years. And in the Bible: --three score years and ten-- meaning: --seventy years old-- (3*20+10) (Psalm 90).
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Score is an old word for the number 20. It is used in the famous expression from the "Gettysburg Address": "Four score and seven years ago..." = (4*20+7)years = 87 years. And in the Bible: --three score years and ten-- meaning: --seventy years old-- (3*20+10) (Psalm 90).