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Definition of Shove-halfpenny
1. Noun. A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark.
Generic synonyms: Board Game
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shove-halfpenny
Literary usage of Shove-halfpenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. According to My Lights by John Hollingshead (1900)
"'shove-halfpenny,' for some mysterious reason known only to the Legislature, was
declared illegal. I have played the game at Oberammergau, in Bavaria, ..."
2. According to My Lights by John Hollingshead (1900)
"shove-halfpenny,' for some mysterious reason known only to the Legislature, was
declared illegal. I have played the game at Oberammergau, ..."
3. According to My Lights by John Hollingshead (1900)
"shove-halfpenny,' for some mysterious reason known only to the Legislature, was
declared illegal. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"The game of shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of April 25th, 1845, as
then played by the lower orders. ..."
5. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"It is mentioned under various names, according to the coin employed, as shove-
groat,1 etc. The game of shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of April ..."
6. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"The game of shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of April 25, 1845, as then
played by the lower orders. According to Strutt, it " was analogous to the ..."
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