guineas

The duet went on, McNiece capping Gallaher's pounds with a monotonous repetition of the word guineas until the price rose to twenty pounds.

Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 George A. Birmingham 1907

In this manner the new and highly profitable traffic in English guineas entered the province of the

The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

He went down the bay in a small boat, met the enemy on a frank business basis, paid over one hundred eighty thousand dollars in English guineas, and came sailing back to his own calm satisfaction, even if to the embarrassment of the crew.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885

Proctor or Huck at the garrison will soon have him among them, and he'll get his pay in English guineas for desertion.

The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I 1835

I only mean half a guinea is nothing in comparison to ten guineas, which is the price of the ear-rings; and so that makes me think it's pity the young lady should lose an opportunity of getting them so cheap.

Camilla 2008

Golden cups, spoons, candlesticks, coined guineas — all the riches were revealed.

Barnaby Rudge 2007

It costs me sixteen guineas, which is a large amount of money, but I'm in love for the very first time.

Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

Mr. DION BOUCICAULT'S physician was as bland a humbug as ever coined guineas in Mayfair.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Various 1898

Golden cups, spoons, candlesticks, coined guineas -- all the riches were revealed.

Barnaby Rudge Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1892

He cannot coin guineas but in proportion as he has gold. '

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887