gine — meaning in English
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English meaning
- guinea noun An old British gold coin, later valued at twenty-one shillings, used before decimal currency.
Senses
gine is used for these senses in English:
- guinea (British, 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.
guinea — full definition
- noun An old British gold coin, later valued at twenty-one shillings, used before decimal currency.
- noun Short for guinea fowl, a spotted African bird kept for its meat and eggs.