forty-niner
[fawr-tee-nahy-ner]
Origin of forty-niner
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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Related Words for forty-niners
bloodsucker, leech, parasite, sponge, user, exploiter, forty-niner, mineworkerExamples from the Web for forty-niners
Historical Examples of forty-niners
"My father was one of the 'forty-niners,'" put in Jim, eagerly.
The Boy With the U.S. MinersFrancis Rolt-Wheeler
I do not doubt they too were Forty-niners; but I did not stop.
GoldStewart White
Min was exactly the type of girl to fit into the story of The 123 Forty-Niners.
Ruth Fielding In the SaddleAlice B. Emerson
These first comers were called the Forty-Niners, because most of them came in the year 1849.
A Short History of the United StatesEdward Channing
Excuse this diversion, I must get back to my subject, the days of the forty-niners.
The Adventures of a Forty-ninerDaniel Knower
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