niner

[ nahy-ner ]

noun

, Slang.

1. nine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of niner¹

nine + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It had been the home of a "Forty-niner," and he was dead and forgotten, his dust as easily accounted for as his winged gold.

From Project Gutenberg

I well remember,” writes a Forty-Niner, “the loneliness and dreariness amid all the excitement of the time.

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A 'forty-niner' ain't apt to be lazy on the shoot, an' Father's gun spit first.

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His rest was the Forty-niner's arm, as mine is the sportsman's hand.

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The old "forty-niner" approached the waggon with a withering glance at the repacked cargo.

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