Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: guinea
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɪni]
Pronunciations of guinea
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noun meaning of the word
  • 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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