Guinea trade
[In sense 1 from Guinea I, in 2 from Guinea II.]
† 1. The trade with Guinea.
| 1673 Dryden Amboyna Prol. 9 They shall have all..The Straits, the Guinea trade, the herrings too, Nay to preserve them, they shall pickle you. |
2. jocularly. The taking of guinea fees.
| 1808 in Bentham's Art Packing (1821) 190 Deeply concerned and interested in the Guinea Trade. 1810 Bentham Art Packing (1821) 33 The corps being termed the Guinea corps; the members of it collectively Guineamen; and it taken separately, this or that one is familiarly spoken of as being concerned and interested in the Guinea trade. |