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Sir George came across the lawn towards them from the coconut shy.

The game bears some resemblance to a coconut shy, or skittles.

Brazil treat the opponent's goal like a coconut shy.

He gives a passable imitation of a man at the wrong end of a coconut shy.

The fair also has a selection of traditional side shows such as a coconut shy, plate smashing and tombolas.

Adding to the noise and jollity were a shooting gallery and coconut shy.

The annual fair on the green with swings, roundabouts, coconut shy and the brandy snap stall.

There was a coconut shy over in one corner, and here Peter shone, because he was an excellent thrower.

The coconut is also used as a target and prize in the traditional British fairground game "coconut shy".

It celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs.

The National Fairground Archive holds a photograph of a coconut shy dating from 1890.

I am coconut shy.

They hit the hoop-la, coconut shies and small pistol range in quick succession, and at each one he won a prize.

Ryan is now planning his wedding in Barbados due to his boyhood obsession and talent with coconut shies.

A coconut shy (or coconut shie) is a traditional game frequently found as a sidestall at funfairs and fêtes.

One theory suggests the coconut shy may have originated at the annual Pleasure Fair in Kingston, Surrey in 1867.

You can throw a ball at American Imperialists at the coconut shy and take a ride on a North Korean rollercoaster.

Sideshows did a roaring trade with queues waiting to try their luck on the rifle range, hoop-la, hubbly bubbly or coconut shies.

To the other, a football squad of blazers was gathered round a coconut shy of empty beer cans while a soloist sang good-bye to a teammate.

She added, turning her head to where Sir George was urging competitors at the coconut shy: " But now--this afternoon, he is very polite."

The fair is home to Harris fun fair and usually has a chair-o-plane amongst its rides as well as different stalls such as a coconut shy.

Money is raised by an annual Sports Day which includes many stalls and events such as coconut shies, pony rides, running races and even cake competitions.

Coconut Shy - In this game, the player is presented with a Coconut Shy.

The most traditional example being the coconut shy in which players throw balls at coconuts balanced on posts, winning the coconut if they manage to dislodge it.

"Shy'" is an acronym for "Sheyikhye," meaning "May he live".

Snub Pollard as Sheriff 'Gun Shy' Gallagher (as Harry Pollard)

In 2009, Wounded Bird Records reissued the albums 'Gun Shy' and 'Bikini Red', which had been unavailable since the early 1990s.

The label re-released the mini-album 'Good and Gone', and the band began work on 'Gun Shy', their first full-length studio album, produced by Vic Maile.

The 1960s band The Barron Knights formed in Leighton Buzzard, as did the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, who had an international hit with 'Too Shy'.

Witwisit is in the segment 'Dream', Mario in 'Kiss' and Kanya in segment 'Shy'.

The track 'Twin Cadillac Valentine", having been influenced from the Spencer Davis Group song 'Strong Love', was released as the first single from 'Gun Shy' in the autumn of 1985.

ANDRES: 'SHY AND MIGHTY' Timothy Andres and David Kaplan, pianists (Nonesuch 522413; CD); $16.98.

Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Willow are in The Bronze together, but he feels a strange connection to the pretty singer Veruca (Buffyverse) when she gets on the stage with her band 'Shy'.

Later in the 1930s after returning to Britain, Wyndham-Lewis turned to humorous anthologies, and in 1954 he collaborated with Ronald Searle on The Terror of St Trinian's (under the pen-name 'Timothy Shy').