Guinea vs Farthing - What's the difference?
guinea | farthing |
Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Someone of Italian descent in the United States.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny.
*1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."
*1895 , Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly VIII,
*:We must keep them to the fact that the duty is one and three quarter farthings , or nearly a half-penny in the pound and no more, and any one who tries to work it out any other way is not acting fairly in the matter.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing , nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
As nouns the difference between guinea and farthing
is that guinea is a person of Italian descent while farthing is former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny.As a proper noun Guinea
is country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.guinea
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(wikipedia Guinea)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Derived terms
* Equatorial Guinea * French Guinea * Guinea-Bissau * Guinean * New Guinea * Papua New Guinea * Portuguese Guinea * Spanish GuineaSee also
*farthing
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