coconut shy

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(plural coconut shies) (BrE) an outdoor entertainment in which people try to knock coconuts off stands by throwing balls at them

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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coconut shyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus coconut shyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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