| 单词 | shove-halfpenny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshove-halfpenny shove-halfpenny n. (also shove-ha'penny) a game similar to shovel-board. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > shovelboard, etc. > [noun] shove-groat1488 slip-groat1521 shove-board1522 shovel-board1532 slide-thrift1541 slide-groat1552 slip-thrift1579 shovel-board play1691 shovel-groat1825 shove-halfpenny1841 push-halfpenny1844 push-penny1856 shovel-penny1887 1841 Punch 27 Nov. 232/2 The favourite game of shove-halfpenny was kept up till a late hour. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 50 The aristocratic and bewitching game of shove-halfpenny. 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 126 She shot knife, fork, and spoon across the table with a neat shove-ha'p'ny stroke. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 5 Moving from bar to shove ha'penny table. 1969 Listener 20 Mar. 381/3 The Camley Arms sounded such a nice pub, with piano on most nights and darts and shove-ha'penny in the public bar. < as lemmas |
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