spade guinea
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Might not that half of the spade guinea give the dwarf some power over her?
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian
But this ugly dwarf said, "You belong to me; and to prove it, here is the other half of the spade guinea that is hanging round your neck!"
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian
She was looking up with a loving glance at a young man, who was fastening round her neck, by a bit of ribbon, the half of a spade guinea.
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian
It did not seem different from any other spade guinea, yet there must have been something peculiar about it.
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian
Ah! this will do—this half of a spade guinea that you wear at your neck.
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian
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