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forty-niner

[ fawr-tee-nahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.


forty-niner

noun

  1. sometimes capital history a prospector who took part in the California gold rush of 1849
  2. 49er a type of dinghy, designed to be crewed by two people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of forty-niner1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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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.

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

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

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

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

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