forty-niner
noun/ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnə(r)/
/ˌfɔːrti ˈnaɪnər/
- any of the people who went to California to look for gold during the Gold Rush of 1849
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- the Forty-Niners[plural] the popular name for the San Francisco professional football team
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