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Noun

guinea (plural guineas)

1. (UK, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
   • English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and...1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
2. Synonym of guinea fowl.
   • The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.1944, Emily Carr, “Brooding and Homing”, in The House of All Sorts

   Synonyms:

   guinea fowl

3. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A person of Italian descent.
   • If I’m to tell the whole truth—and why not? I sure have the time!—I’ll have to start by saying I was born Richard Pinzetti, in New York’s Little Italy. My father was an Old World guinea.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type

   Synonyms:

   dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, wog, wop

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