shove ha'penny

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

shove + ha'penny

Noun

shove ha’penny (uncountable)

  1. (Britain) A game, usually played in pubs in Great Britain, in which players attempt to push coins so that they land between marked boundaries.

Synonyms

  • shoffe-grote, shovegroat, slide-thrift, slype groat
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