forty-nine

[ fawr-tee-nahyn ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈnaɪn /

a cardinal number, 40 plus 9.

a symbol for this number, as 49 or XLIX.

a set of this many persons or things.

amounting to 49 in number.

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Forty-nine were sentenced to death, but only one, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, was actually executed.
Judge Not the Deserters|Charles Glass|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Forty-nine percent said the House would stay with the Republicans.
Poll: Daily Beast Readers on Obama Approval, GOP & Odds of a Romney Win|Brian Ries|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Forty-nine years ago today, 200,000 civil-rights advocates marched on Washington—peacefully.
March on Washington Anniversary: a Lesson for Change|Hedrick Smith|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Forty-nine percent of voters now view Romney unfavorably, while 40 percent view him in a favorable light.
What Mitt Romney Needs To Do in Tampa|Mark McKinnon|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The railway carried the mails regularly in forty-nine hours.
The History of the Post Office in British North America|William Smith
Forty-nine of them have collections containing 51,466 books.
The Galaxy, May, 1877|Various
And so Forty-nine took most kindly to the girl, and they were soon fast friends.
Shadows of Shasta|Joaquin Miller
Bush died in St. Louis in 1898, having been a citizen of that place for forty-nine years.
The Grapes of New York|U. P. Hedrick
The remaining one hundred and forty-nine have never before, to my knowledge, been translated into English.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II)|Songling Pu