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Guinea trade
[In sense 1 from Guinea I, in 2 from Guinea II.]
†1. The trade with Guinea.
1673Dryden Amboyna Prol. 9 They shall have all..The Straits, the Guinea trade, the herrings too, Nay to preserve them, they shall pickle you.
2. jocularly. The taking of guinea fees.
1808in Bentham's Art Packing (1821) 190 Deeply concerned and interested in the Guinea Trade. 1810Bentham Art Packing (1821) 33 The corps being termed the Guinea corps; the members of it collectively Guineamen; and it taken separately, this or that one is familiarly spoken of as being concerned and interested in the Guinea trade. |