| 单词 | spade-guinea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspade-guinea spade-guinea n. a guinea coined from 1787 to 1799, on which the shield bearing the arms has the form of a pointed spade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings goldfinch1602 piece1631 yellow boy1654 Guinea1666 broad gold1688 meg1688 broad1710 George's guinea1721 yellow1722 canary bird1785 stranger1785 yellow George1785 Geordie1786 spade-guinea1853 George guinea1880 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 496 In 1787, a new gold coinage took place, and the guineas, known as spade guineas, appeared. 1887 R. Jefferies Amaryllis at Fair viii It was understood that there were twenty thousand spade guineas in an iron box under his bed. < as lemmas |
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