knock-'em-downn.
/ˈnɒkəmdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈnɑkəmˌdaʊn/ A stick with a coconut or the like stuck on it to be aimed at.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > coconut shy, Aunt Sally, etc.
Jack-a-Lent1553
knock-'em-down1828
cockshy1833
stick1838
Aunt Sally1858
hoopla1909
1828 ‘J. Bee’ Living Picture London 263 The charms of nine pins—whether they be skittles, knock-em-down, bowl-and-tip, dutch-pins, or the more sturdy four-corners.
1847 R. Brown in Mem. (1866) vii. 126 The fair and whirligigs and knockemdowns.
1870 Daily News 4 June At the deserted knock-'em-down grounds the sticks stood in melancholy rows, protesting against the public contempt for cocoa nuts.
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