A coconut shy is a stall where you throw balls to knock nuts off posts. Try the coconut shy.
The word shy here means a throw, which is the older sense kept alive by this one stall. A coconut shy is very nearly impossible, and the nuts are often wedged in tight.
1nouncoconut shyA stall where you throw balls to knock nuts off posts.
“He spent four pounds at the coconut shy and won nothing.”
coconut shy is a stall.
Practised in Circus & Fairground