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shove-halfpenny

/ˈʃʌv ˌheɪp.ni/

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noun

/ˈʃʌv ˌheɪp.ni/C2formalbritish
  • ruТрадиционная британская игра, в которой монеты или диски скользят рукой по доске к отмеченной цели.

A traditional British game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a marked target.

  1. A traditional pub gameC1informalbritish

    A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a marked target.

    ruТрадиционная пабная игра

    • They spent the evening playing shove-halfpenny at the local pub.
    • The rules of shove-halfpenny are simple but require skill.
    • He won three rounds of shove-halfpenny in a row.
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