coconut shy

British  

noun

1. a fairground stall in which balls are thrown to knock coconuts off stands

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Example Sentences

The home, which features a retro bowling alley, a basketball arcade game and a coconut shy above the sink, went on the market in 2019.

From BBC

But with fears that eyes may be on phone screens following the game, rather than concentrating on the coconut shy, some schools have changed their plans.

From BBC

There will be demonstrations on Friday evening in Glasgow and again on Saturday in Edinburgh at noon, where organisers promise a “carnival of resistance” against Trump with stalls, talks, music and games such as “Toss the welly at Trump”, “Trump’s head coconut shy” and, of course, “Mini golf”.

From The Guardian

“Her greatest material treasure was an egregiously shiny bit of tin she’d won at a fairground coconut shy; this fact can’t be denied.”

From Slate

“Too far south,” Spence said, before I could ask whether we might encounter members of the Spence clan manning the bumper cars or the coconut shy.

From The New Yorker