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shove-groat shilling: shilling coined in the reign of Edward VI commonly used in the game of shove-groat, which consisted in pushing coins towards a mark 2H4 II. iv. 205; a similar game was shovel-board, whence the name “Edward shovel-boards” for the same coin Wiv. I. i. 161.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.
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