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FORTY-NINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forty-niner mean?
• FORTY-NINER (noun)
The noun FORTY-NINER has 1 sense:
1. a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
Familiarity information: FORTY-NINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("forty-niner" is a kind of...):
gold digger; gold miner; gold panner (a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field)
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