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coconut shy

coconut shy noun: a traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it.

Noun

coconut shy (plural coconut shies)

  1. A traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it.
    • With his two aides he had wandered around and had a few goes on the coconut shy, but he was so strong that one of the balls had not only knocked the coconut off its stand but split the stand in two.2012, Lynda La Plante, The Legacy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    • A coconut shy stood close by and swing boats swung like giant pendulums against a background of blossoming shrubs blazing with colour.2015, James R. Curwood, Lucy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 238

Forms of coconut shy

pluralcoconut shies

Questions about coconut shy

What does coconut shy mean?
Coconut shy means a traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it.
What part of speech is coconut shy?
Coconut shy is a noun.
What is the plural of coconut shy?
The plural of coconut shy is coconut shies.

Words near coconut shy in the dictionary

  1. coconut pearls
  2. coconut sap
  3. coconut saps
  4. coconut shells
  5. coconut shies
  6. coconut shy
  7. coconut snowball
  8. coconut snowballs
  9. coconut soup
  10. coconut soups
  11. coconut spider

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