shove ha'penny

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Shove ha’penny

Alternative forms

shove halfpenny

Etymology

shove +‎ ha'penny

Noun

shove ha’penny (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

push-penny, shoffe-grote, shovegroat, slide-thrift, slype groat

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