Definition of "shovelboard" []

• Alternative form of shuffleboard. (noun)

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• "One night in 1686, Christine Trask, a neighbor, stormed into the tavern and threw the shovelboard pieces into the fire."
• "She disregarded the laws governing tavern hours, and stayed open late into the night, allowing her customers, some only in their teens, to drink and play the forbidden game of shovelboard, carousing loudly enough to disturb the neighbors' sleep."
• "Sits next to her: No, no, but I hear only that you go to the tavern every night, and play shovelboard with the Deputy Governor, and they give you cider."