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    [QUOTE=MacMillan of Rathdown;1098995] worth a guinea a minute

    What does that mean?

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    It means that someone's so enjoyable to be around that you'd gladly pay a guinea a minute to be in their presence. (A guinea was one pound and one shilling; today that equals £1.05 in the "new money")
    Last edited by MacMillan of Rathdown; 24th June 12 at 09:25 AM.

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