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单词 push-halfpenny
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push-halfpenny
push-halfpenny n.
Brit. /ˌpʊʃˈheɪpni/
,
/ˌpʊʃˈheɪpəni/
,
/ˌpʊʃˈhɑːfpəni/
,
/ˌpʊʃˈhafpəni/
,
U.S. /ˌpʊʃˈheɪpni/
,
/ˌpʊʃˈheɪpəni/
,
/ˌpʊʃˈhæfˌpɛni/
(also push-ha'penny) a game in which coins are struck so that they slide across a marked board on a table; = shove-halfpenny n. at shove v.1 Compounds.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > shovelboard, etc. > [noun]
shove-groat1488
slip-groat1521
shove-board1522
shovel-board1532
slide-thrift1541
slide-groat1552
slip-thrift1579
shovel-board play1691
shovel-groat1825
shove-halfpenny1841
push-halfpenny1844
push-penny1856
shovel-penny1887
1844 H. Cockton Sylvester Sound ix. 64 He had never been taught to read; but he had been taught the game of push-halfpenny.
1909 Times 6 Mar. 4/1 What were the clerks to do before its arrival..? Play push-halfpenny till the postman comes.
1997 M. J. Rossi James Herriot v. 105 He regularly loses at the game of push-ha'penny that Helen has had years of experience playing.
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