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Guinea Fowl

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So called because it was brought to us from the coast of Guinea, where it is very common.

“Notwithstanding their harsh cry … I like the Guinea-fowl. They are excellent layers, and enormous devourers of insects.”—D. G. Mitchell: My Farm of Edgewood, chap. iii. p. 192.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Gui
Guiderius
Guides (pron. gheed)
Guido
Guido Francischini
Guildhall
Guillotine
Guinea
Guinea-dropper
Guinea Fowl
Guinea-hen
Guineapig (Stock Exchange term)
Guineapig (A)
Guineapig (A)
Guinever
Guinevere
Guingelot
Guisando
Guise’s Motto:
Guitar