Usually means: Fair game throwing balls at coconuts.
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  1. coconut shy: Merriam-Webster
  2. coconut shy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coconut shy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. coconut shy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. coconut shy: Wiktionary
  6. Coconut shy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. coconut shy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. coconut shy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Definitions from Wiktionary (coconut shy)

noun:  A traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it.

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