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Definition of Guinea gold
1. Noun. Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry.
2. Noun. 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinea Gold
Literary usage of Guinea gold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Sudan Year by Ethel Stefana Drower (1912)
"guinea gold " has all the charm and dramatic intensity of Miss Beatrice ...
guinea gold" is a gold-seeking story of New Guinea, turning mostly on a letter ..."
2. My Russian Year by Rothay Reynolds (1913)
"guinea gold" has all the charm and dramatic intensity of Miss Beatrice Grimshaw's
... All admirers of " When the Red Gods Call " should read " guinea gold," ..."
3. Golspie: Contributions to Its Folklore by Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1897)
"As regards the descriptions of the ring, it seems to me that ' guinea-gold ring'
is probably right. I take this to mean not a gold ring costing a guinea, ..."
4. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"“He gave me a kiss and a guinea-gold ring, a guinea.gold ring, a guinea-gold
ring, He gave me a kiss and a guinea•gold ring, in a cold and frosty morning. ..."
5. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"... and the ring moves round as before, singing— " A guinea gold ring to tell her
name, Tell her name, tell her name, A guinea gold ring to tell her name, ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"Engeln, OD von. Macmillan. Guide to the best fiction in English. Baker, EA Macmillan.
Guide to the Montessori method. Stevens, EY $i n. Stokes. guinea gold. ..."
7. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"London, on September 10, 1877, with Miss Lydia Foote as guinea gold (an orphan),
Miss M. Illington as Polly ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1905)
"Sovereign gold consists of 11 parts gold and i copper; guinea gold, ... Standard and
guinea gold are thus 22 carats fine (the legal standard for coins in ..."
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