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guin·ea  audio  (gn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. Abbr. g.
    1. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.
    2. The sum of one pound and one shilling.
  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the Guinea coast of Africa, the source of the gold from which it was first made


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