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forty-niners

Those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold, which had been discovered there in 1848. Reportedly, there were about eighty thousand of them.

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Words nearby forty-niners

forty-fourth, Forty Hours, fortyish, forty-nine, forty-niner, forty-niners, forty-ninth, forty-ninth parallel, forty-one, fortypenny, forty-second
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