four score and seven years ago (English, adv)
expansion: four score and seven years ago (not comparable)
Senses:
glosses: Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.
tags: humorous
idiomatic
not-comparable
often
Forms:
form: fourscore and seven years ago
tags: alternative
form: four score seven years ago
tags: alternative