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shove-halfpenny

noun

  1. a game in which players try to propel old halfpennies or polished discs with the hand into lined sections of a wooden or slate board
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Shove-halfpenny, a gambling pot-house pastime, played on a table.

You now have a prepared patch that can be used for hop-scotch, shove-halfpenny, Rugby football or curling.

The favourite game of shove-halfpenny was kept up till a late hour, when the party broke up highly delighted.

The game of shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of April 25, 1845, as then played by the lower orders.

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