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Meanings of few guineas in English

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Usage of few guineas in English
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I do not go to save grandfather his precious few guineas.
Caleb's crossing
2
He repaired to Birmingham, and there earned a few guineas by literary drudgery.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3
3
It'll mean a few guineas, but 'twill be money well spent.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
4
A few guineas extra, however, may buy his 'inner consciousness' for me, she mused.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
5
Chap who had scraped up a few guineas perhaps to do himself well-onthe bust.
Men of Affairs
6
Going to punt a few guineas, I suppose?
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
7
I do not believe you are hard on your luck and wish to raise a few guineas.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
8
He gives away a few guineas in charity; but he keeps the bulk of his fortune to himself.
Simon the Jester
9
But prize-money there was none, and the few guineas each had had from home had long been idly squandered.
Stories of the Border Marches
10
Are a few guineas from your uncle-oris it perhaps Mr. Adelman?-worthhaving established a false intimacy with me?
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
11
Mr. Robinson left me a few guineas, and promised that his absence should be short, and his affection increasing.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, / With the lives of the ...
12
Tell him, I'll be bound we shall have a ten thousand pound prize at least; and all for a few guineas.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
13
Mysterious Heaven, can it be possible that for a few guineas I am to be confined in this place for life?
Thaddeus of Warsaw
14
It was rather a literary frivolity, thrown off at one effort by a tatterdemalion genius in sore need of a few guineas.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
15
But Ford was on guard, and well aware that a lieutenant in the navy had but few guineas to throw away on medicines.
The Lost House
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He had but a few guineas, and after what Diggle had said he would starve rather than ask the squire for a penny.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
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