forty-niner

A form of 49er — A class of two-handed double-trapeze dinghy (from its maximum length of 16 feet, approx. 4900 millimetres).

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Meanings

nounforty-niner (plural forty-niners)

plural forty-niners

  1. alternativeAlternative form of 49er (in various senses)

    Struck in 1925 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of California's statehood, the obverse of the coin shows a forty-niner panning for gold; the reverse of the coin shows an impressive grizzly bear.

    2011, Neil S. Berman, Ron Guth, Coin Collecting For Dummies, page 185
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