shove-groat

Michael won us eighteen pence at shove-groat in the Bear, but now no one will play with him.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

Michael won us eighteen pence at shove-groat in the Bear, but now no one will play with him.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

Quoit him down, Bardolph, like a shove-groat shilling: nay, an a’ do nothing but speak nothing, a’ shall be nothing here.

Act II. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914

They were all three fairly full; that into which they entered, the first in the row, was occupied by some gentlemen-pensioners and ladies talking and laughing; some playing shove-groat, and some of them still applauding the song that had just ended.

By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Shakespeare uses the expression "shove-groat shilling," as does Ben Jonson.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

Shakespeare uses the expression "shove-groat shilling," as does Ben Jonson.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 17: July/August 1662 Samuel Pepys 1668

Shakespeare uses the expression "shove-groat shilling," as does Ben Jonson.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

Shakespeare uses the expression "shove-groat shilling," as does Ben Jonson.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 Pepys, Samuel 1662

He had so writhen himself into the habit of one of your poor infantry, your decayed; ruinous, worm-eaten gentlemen of the round; such as have vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half-dozen of halberdiers do what they can; and have translated begging out of the old hackney-pace to a fine easy amble, and made it run as smooth off the tongue as a shove-groat shilling.

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

Quoit him down, Bardolph, like a shove-groat shilling: nay, an a 'do nothing but speak nothing,

The Second Part of King Henry IV 1598