guinea

See also Guinea

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• IPA ^(key): /ˈɡɪni/

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Noun

Singular guinea

Plural guineas

a 'guinea

1. (slang) (vulgar) (countable) A guinea is a person of Italian descent.
2. (countable) A guinea was a British gold coin worth twenty shillings.
3. (countable) A guinea is a guinea fowl, a kind of large bird.

Related words

• guinea pig