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Rear gunner is British slang for a male homosexual.
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guinea is not a slang term, it's a proper and historical word for an amount of money equating to twenty-one shillings, or in modern sterling one pound five pence.
Guinea is derogatory American slang for an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
Gunner Sugdens is British slang for long, baggy, old−fashioned short trousers.
Broke (Financially Ruined)
Term for weapons specialist.
Noun. A person who gurns, see above.
Ruined is British slang for intoxicated, drunk.
Broke (Financially Ruined)
Guiver is British slang for a well−dressed, arrogant young man.
Guinea pig is London Cockney rhyming slang for a wig.
Gunga Din is British rhyming slang for chin.
Adj. Drunk, intoxicated with alcohol.
n old unit of currency in the U.K. Worth “one pound and one shilling,” a Guinea coin was minted from 1731 until 1813. The somewhat curious value is due to the fact that it was created largely to cater for auction-houses, where for each pound the seller receives for his goods, the auctioneer takes a shilling (5%). The buyer, therefore, pays a Guinea.
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The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
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The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
v. t.
To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.
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Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
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The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
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A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
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A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.
a.
Fallen; ruined.
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A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.
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A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.
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The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
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The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).
imp. & p. p.
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Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
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A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
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A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).
v. t.
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.
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Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
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A guide; a director.
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