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shoving the queer

shoving the queer is the present participle and gerund 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 shoving the queer

What is shoving the queer the present participle and gerund of?
Shoving the queer is the present participle and gerund of shove the queer.

Words near shoving the queer in the dictionary

  1. shoving it up your ass
  2. shoving off
  3. shoving on
  4. shoving over
  5. shoving something down someone's throat
  6. shoving the queer
  7. shoving up
  8. shovings
  9. Shovlin
  10. Shovlins
  11. Shovuos

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