shove halfpenny

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• shove-halfpenny — noun a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark • Syn: ↑shovel board, ↑shove ha penny • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Grea …   Useful english dictionary

• shove-halfpenny — noun a game in which coins are struck so that they slide across a marked board on a table …   English new terms dictionary

• Shove ha'penny — (or shove halfpenny, and also known in ancestral form as shoffe grote shove groat in Modern English, slype groat slip groat , and slide thrift)Cite web| url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Shove HaPenny.htm |title=Shove Ha penny: History and… …   Wikipedia

• shove-ha'penny — noun a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark • Syn: ↑shovel board, ↑shove halfpenny • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Grea …   Useful english dictionary

• shove — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of the way). 2 intr. (usu. foll. by along, past, through, etc.) make one s way by pushing (shoved through the crowd). 3 tr. colloq. put somewhere… …   Useful english dictionary

• shove-ha'penny — /shuv hay peuh nee, hayp nee/, n. Brit. a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit. Also, shove halfpenny /shuv hay peuh nee, hayp nee/. [1835 45] * * * …   Universalium

• Pub games — are games which are or were played in pubs, bars, inns, and taverns, particularly traditional games played in English pubs. Most are indoor games, though some are played outdoors (e.g. in the pub garden).History of pub gamesFrom Roman taverns… …   Wikipedia

• shovegroat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English shove grote, from shoven to shove + grote groat : shove halfpenny …   Useful english dictionary

• board game — noun a game played on a specially designed board • Members of this Topic: ↑promote • Hypernyms: ↑parlor game, ↑parlour game • Hyponyms: ↑Scrabble, ↑backgammon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Britain — noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK …   Useful english dictionary

• Great Britain — noun 1. a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom,… …   Useful english dictionary