Definition

• An English slang term for a Sovereign or Guinea, and for money when used in the plural.

  William Harrison Ainsworth, in his novel, Rookwood, 1834 (iii. 9) has the fol- lowing passage: " Zoroaster took long odds that the match was off; offering a bean to half a quid (in other words, a guinea to a half guinea), that Sybil would be the bride. "

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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