shove-ha'penny

shove-ha'penny
/shuv'hay"peuh nee, -hayp"nee/, n. Brit.
a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
Also, shove-halfpenny /shuv"hay"peuh nee, -hayp"nee/.
[1835-45]

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