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Forty-niner   Listen
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Forty-niner  n.  One the miners who took part in the California gold rush in 1849; an argonaut. (Colloq., U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Forty-niner" Quotes from Famous Books



... engaged in a financial orgy. Fortunes are being found by actors and managers faster than they were dug up in 1849 and 1850 in California. Forty-niner lawlessness of soul prevails. They talk each other into a lordly state of mind. All is dash and experiment. Look at the advertisements in the leading moving picture magazines. They are like the praise of oil stock or ...
— The Art Of The Moving Picture • Vachel Lindsay



Words linked to "Forty-niner" :   gold miner, gold panner, gold digger



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