forty-nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 9.
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a symbol for this number, as 49 or XLIX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Boyton”, I thought, as I climbed those forty nine precipitous steps that led to my room, “I hope you have done your duty.”
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin
I am a colored man weighs about 160 pounds and forty nine years old.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
Observe four, forty; nine, ninth; maintain, maintenance; please, pleasant; speak, speech; prevail, prevalent.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
Let harmony its chords untwine, Music charms at forty nine.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 by Various
"Show this—this person to forty nine," directed the clerk, then turned to another inquirer as if he had already forgotten Ralph's existence.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by Brown, William Perry
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