Synonyms:
guinea_fowl, guinea, Numida_meleagris
Meaning: a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
Synonyms:
Guinea, Republic_of_Guinea, French_Guinea
Meaning: a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
Synonyms:
wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball
Meaning: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Synonyms:
guinea
Meaning: a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
Usage examples
First came in guinea pigs in men's clothing.
Never mind that dress; let it go to Guinea."
"You didn't know that you were a guinea pig, did you?" the Black Doctor said.
A similar mode of making rain is still practised, as we have seen, in Halmahera near New Guinea.
To learn to rub up cocoa nuts, and to polish glass floors, and to be taught cooking by guinea pigs!
As he was finishing it the guinea pigs lit some Arabian incense, which gradually filled the room with clouds of blue vapour.
[Transcriber's Note: The highest point in New Guinea is Puncak Jaya (Mount Carstensz or the Carstensz Pyramid), at 16,023 feet.]
It soon led to another; and Mrs. Bennet found, with amazement and horror, that her husband would not advance a guinea to buy clothes for his daughter.
Mr. Booth now opened his packet, and, after unfolding several pieces of blank paper successively, at last discovered a guinea, wrapt with great care in the inmost paper.
They rummaged my pockets, and took from me my snuff-box, my seal-ring, and half a guinea, and some silver, and halfpence; also my handkerchief, and two or three letters I had in my pockets.
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