spade guinea

noun

1. history a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III

Example Sentences

It did not seem different from any other spade guinea, yet there must have been something peculiar about it.

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His dress was plain and rather the worse for wear; but round his neck a bright spade guinea was hung by a silken string.

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A genial sort of custom, no doubt, but fancy the emulation and the heart-burning over the spade-guinea!

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No better epigram could be put in reply than simply putting the Spade Guinea beside the Spade.

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Might not that half of the spade guinea give the dwarf some power over her?

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