forty-niner

Historical Examples of forty-niner

• At the very bottom, when all was said and done, Magnus remained the Forty-niner.

  The Octopus

  Frank Norris

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

  Frontier Ballads

  Joseph Mills Hanson

• Dr. Robinson was a prominent "forty-niner," and the leader of the California squatters in the war against the Sutter land claims.

  The Middle Period 1817-1858

  John William Burgess

• The government agent was an old friend of mine, a California forty-niner, and a most companionable fellow.

  The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

  Charles E. Flandrau

• Then, since ‘Forty-niner’ got home only he has slept here, and he generally ‘bunks’ on the lounge in this very office.

  Jessica, the Heiress

  Evelyn Raymond