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shoved the queer

shoved the queer is the simple past and past participle of shove the queer.

Meaning of shove the queer

Verb

shove the queer (third-person singular simple present shoves the queer, present participle shoving the queer, simple past and past participle shoved the queer)

  1. (dated, slang) To pass counterfeit money.
    • Then, Old Hugo came near a bad slip-up; though he was only one of the gipsies. He was caught ‘shoving the queer’ in Newark and New York.1867, Orpheus C. Kerr [pseudonym; Robert Henry Newell], “The Miller and His Men”, in Avery Glibun; or, Between Two Fires. A Romance, New York, N.Y.: G. W. Carleton & Co., publishers; London...

Questions about shoved the queer

What is shoved the queer the simple past and past participle of?
Shoved the queer is the simple past and past participle of shove the queer.

Words near shoved the queer in the dictionary

  1. shoved it up your ass
  2. shoved off
  3. shoved on
  4. shoved over
  5. shoved something down someone's throat
  6. shoved the queer
  7. shoved up
  8. shovegroat
  9. shovel
  10. shovel hat
  11. shovel hats

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