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View synonyms for forty-niner
forty-niner
[ fawr-tee-nahy-ner ]
noun
- a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
forty-niner
noun
- sometimes capital history a prospector who took part in the California gold rush of 1849
- 49er a type of dinghy, designed to be crewed by two people
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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.
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I well remember,” writes a Forty-Niner, “the loneliness and dreariness amid all the excitement of the time.
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A 'forty-niner' ain't apt to be lazy on the shoot, an' Father's gun spit first.
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His rest was the Forty-niner's arm, as mine is the sportsman's hand.
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The old "forty-niner" approached the waggon with a withering glance at the repacked cargo.
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