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Guinea gold   /gˈɪni goʊld/   Listen
Guinea gold

noun
1.
Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry.  Synonym: red brass.
2.
22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made.



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"Guinea gold" Quotes from Famous Books



... that counted the hours when I was away; they were few and sorrowful, my Hester's hours; and this poor contrivance numbered them. The ring - with that I married her. This chain, it's of Guinea gold; I brought it home for her, the year before we married, and she wore it to her wedding. It was a vanity: they are all vanities; but they are the treasure of my soul. Below here, see, her wedding dress. Ay, the watch has stopped: dead, dead. And I know that my Hester died of me; and day and ...
— The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson


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