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SHOVE-HALFPENNY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shove-halfpenny mean?
• SHOVE-HALFPENNY (noun)
The noun SHOVE-HALFPENNY has 1 sense:
1. a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
Familiarity information: SHOVE-HALFPENNY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shove-ha'penny; shove-halfpenny; shovel board
Hypernyms ("shove-halfpenny" is a kind of...):
board game (a game played on a specially designed board)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (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)
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