shove-halfpenny

shove-half·pen·ny

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Definitions of shove-halfpenny word

noun shove-halfpenny a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit. 1
noun shove-halfpenny 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 0

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

First recorded in 1835-45

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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