Usually means: Boundary line between U.S., Canada.
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  1. forty-ninth parallel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. forty-ninth parallel, forty-ninth parallel: Collins English Dictionary
  3. forty-ninth parallel: Wiktionary
  4. forty-ninth parallel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forty-ninth parallel)

noun:  (Canada, US) A nickname for the approximately 1200-mile (1900-kilometer) portion of the border between Canada and the USA, extending along the forty-ninth parallel of latitude from Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
noun:  (Canada, US, nonstandard) A nickname for the entire border between Canada and the USA.

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