Transcription
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- [shuhv hey-puh-nee, heyp-nee]
- /ʃʌv ˈheɪ pə ni, ˈheɪp ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [shuhv hey-puh-nee, heyp-nee]
- /ʃʌv ˈheɪ pə ni, ˈheɪp ni/
Definition of shove-ha'penny word
- noun shove-ha'penny 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
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Origin of shove-ha'penny
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45
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Parts of speech for Shove-ha'penny
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shove-ha'penny popularity
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.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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