shove halfpenny

/ʃʌvˈheɪpni/
noun
  1. A game played on a board with coins or disks that players push (shove) toward a scoring area, similar to shuffleboard but played on a table.
    • The old wooden board for shove-halfpenny had faded markings from years of use.
    • We played shove-halfpenny at the pub last night and I won three rounds.
    • She learned shove-halfpenny from her grandfather, who taught her how to flick the coins just right.
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