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Edward shovel-board:old broad shilling of EdwardVI (1547-1553),worn smooth by long use and there-fore convenient for the game of shovelboard,inwhich the coin was shoved along a polished board intoholes at the end of it英王爱德华时代的一先令银币,因其直径大,长久使用磨光,故适用于“推板”游戏(即在光滑的木板上推动钱币滚入木板尽头的小洞之中)。 △Wiv.1.1.161 (155):“and two Edward shovelboards,that cost me two shil-ling and two pence a-piece of Yead Miller——”还有两块爱德华朝代的“推板”币,是从爱德·米勒那里每块花两先令二便士买来的。 |