"guinea" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪni/ Audio: en-au-guinea.ogg [Australia] Forms: guinea [singular], guineas [plural]
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  1. A guinea was a British gold coin worth twenty shillings.
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  2. A guinea is a guinea fowl, a kind of large bird.
    Sense id: simple-guinea-en-noun--~pp9TpC
  3. A guinea is a person of Italian descent.
    Sense id: simple-guinea-en-noun-~E5eyeNx Categories (other): Slang
     
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