guineas
- plural of guinea.
Example Sentences
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The score was sold at auction in 1915 for 50 guineas to Sir Robert Hudson of Hill Hall in Essex.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
It also earned him twenty-five guineas, his first income as a journalist.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2019
In 1963, a “Snob” pinafore dress cost six guineas – the equivalent of just over £100.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019
She won a silver flower basket worth 20 guineas; her runner-up took home a silver mirror and brush set.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2018
He had said it in a casual way as though a hundred guineas was nothing to him.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
