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eighty-niner

American

[ey-tee-nahy-ner] / ˈeɪ tiˈnaɪ nər /

noun

a person who began homesteading in Oklahoma in 1889.

Etymology

Origin of eighty-niner

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

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