shove-halfpenny

Then he drank a pint of beer and had a game of shove-halfpenny with a flight-lieutenant.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

As it is an open secret that Lord ROBERT CECIL has been polishing up his "shove-halfpenny" in the billiard-room of the Hotel Majestic interesting developments are anticipated.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various

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

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various

For her father's comfort, noting the sad wistful eyes that watched her coming in and going out, she had resigned herself to spend long melancholy hours within doors, reading aloud till Sir John fell asleep, playing backgammon -- a game she detested worse even than shove-halfpenny, which latter primitive game they played sometimes on the shovel-board in the hall.

London Pride Or When the World Was Younger 1875

Often and often I have mused quietly amid scenes where gamblers of various sorts were disporting themselves -- in village inns where solemn yokels played shove-halfpenny with statesmanlike gravity; in sunny Italian streets where lazy loungers played their queer guessing game with beans; in noisy racing-clubs where the tape clicks all day long; on crowded steamboats when

Side Lights James Runciman 1871

In any case the New Act should, if stringently administered, speedily put a stop to the too common and quite intolerable nuisance of young men and boys sprawling about the pavement, or in corners of the wharves by the waterside, and play ing at "pitch-and-toss, &" "shove-halfpenny, &" "Tommy Dodd, &" "coddams, &" and other games of chance.

The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, In All Times and Countries, especially in England and in France 1870

A wooden target with one or two darts sticking in it hung on the end wall and invited the Robin Hoods of the village to try their skill; a system of incised marks on the oaken table made sinister suggestions of shove-halfpenny; and a large open box filled with white wigs, gaudily colored robes and wooden spears, swords and regalia, crudely coated with gilded paper, obviously appertained to the puerile ceremonials of the Order of Druids.

The Eye of Osiris 1902

I toss a few cabers, and tiddle a wink occasionally, and I’m a very fair hand at shove-halfpenny.”

Mystery Mile Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1930

I toss a few cabers, and tiddle a wink occasionally, and I’m a very fair hand at shove-halfpenny.”

Mystery Mile Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1930