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shovelboard

[ shuhv-uhl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. the game of shuffleboard.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shovelboard1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

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Stephen Hopkins was fined for allowing his servants to play shovelboard, but this did not happen till some time later than 1622.

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The shilling of Edward the Sixth acquired this popular name from being so large and flat, that it was found convenient for use in the game of shovelboard.

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Henry Cabot Lodge says the shovelboard of Shakespeare's time was almost the only game not expressly prohibited.

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Then, we had chess for those who played it, whist, cribbage, books, backgammon, and shovelboard.

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To my mind shovelboard is innocent; I have permitted my men to play it.

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