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niner

[ nahy-ner ]

/ ˈnaɪ nər /

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noun Slang.

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Origin of niner

Words nearby niner

ninepence, ninepenny, ninepins, nine plus two array, nine plus zero array, niner, nine-spot, nineteen, Nineteen Eighty-Four, nineteenth, Nineteenth Amendment

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How to use niner in a sentence

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.
The Californians|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
I well remember,” writes a Forty-Niner, “the loneliness and dreariness amid all the excitement of the time.
The Life of Bret Harte|Henry Childs Merwin
A 'forty-niner' ain't apt to be lazy on the shoot, an' Father's gun spit first.
The Boy With the U.S. Miners|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
His rest was the Forty-niner's arm, as mine is the sportsman's hand.
Frontier Ballads|Joseph Mills Hanson

The old "forty-niner" approached the waggon with a withering glance at the repacked cargo.
Saddle and Mocassin|Francis Francis Jr.