| 单词 | coconut shy |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoconut shy coconut shy n. [ < coconut n. + shy n.2] an attraction at a fairground or fête at which contestants throw balls at coconuts on stands in an attempt to knock them off and win a prize. ΚΠ 1873 Our Young Folks 12 Apr. 124/1 Weighing machines, cocoa-nut shies. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 175 Merry-go-rounds and cocoanut-shies. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 55 In the cocoanut shies there were no cocoanuts. 2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 18 June 14/3 Visitors could enjoy hoop-la, a coconut shy, tombola, stalls selling bric-a-brac..and a stall selling smoothies. < as lemmas |
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