shove-halfpenny

noun

a game in which players try to propel old halfpennies or polished discs with the hand into lined sections of a wooden or slate board

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But the hour will soon be over, and then you can go and have a nice game of shove-halfpenny, or whatever your favourite sport is, in the gutter.

The game of shove-halfpenny is mentioned in the Times of April 25, 1845, as then played by the lower orders.

The favourite game of shove-halfpenny was kept up till a late hour, when the party broke up highly delighted.

You now have a prepared patch that can be used for hop-scotch, shove-halfpenny, Rugby football or curling.

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