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"GUINEAPIG" is a common misspelling or typo for: guinea pig. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Guineapig (Stock Exchange term). A gentleman of sufficient name to form a bait who allows himself to be put on a directors list for the guinea and lunch provided for the board. (See Floaters.) Guineapig (A). A midshipman. A guineapig is neither a pig nor a native of Guinea; so a middy is neither a sailor nor an officer. "He had a letter from the captain of the Indiaman, offering you a berth on board as guineapig, or midshipman." - Captain Marryat: Poor Jack. chap. xxxi. A special juryman who is paid a guinea a case: also a military officer assigned to some special duty, for which he receives a guinea a day, are sometimes so called. Guineapig (A), in the Anglican Church, is a clergyman without cure, who takes occasional duty for a guinea a sermon, besides his travelling expenses (second class) and his board, if required. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: GUINEAPIG |
| Specialty definitions using "GUINEAPIG": Misnomers. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "GUINEAPIG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Versuchskaninchen (guinea pig, guinea pigs, guineapigs). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uineapiggay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-i-n-p-u" | |
-3 letters: ageing, gaeing, gangue, gaping, gieing, guinea, paging, pieing, piggie, piggin. | |
-4 letters: aggie, aging, aping, gauge, genii, genip, genua, gigue, piing, unpeg. | |
-5 letters: agin, ague, gaen, gage, gain, gane, gang, gape, gaun, genu, gien, giga, guan, inia, nape, neap, nipa, page, pain, pane, pang, peag, pean, pein, pian, pina, pine, ping, puna, pung, unai. | |
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