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SHOVELBOARD
shuffleboard, shovelboard
(noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shovelboard (countable and uncountable, plural shovelboards)
Alternative form of shuffleboard
Source: Wiktionary
Shov"el*board`, n.
1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.
2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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