January Challenge - Shy

Day 24 of DDW's January daily challenge - Shy

1. bashful; retiring.
2. easily frightened away; timid.
3. suspicious; distrustful.
4. reluctant; wary.
5. deficient: shy of funds.
6. scant; short of a full amount or number.
7. (in poker) indebted to the pot.
8. not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
9. (especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
10. to draw back; recoil.
11. a sudden start aside, as in fear.
12. fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid.

And not a mention of a coconut shy there!

Yes, the dictionary comes to the rescue again, working with meanings 5 and 6, we have coins that are shy of a full pound (there's 99p there, to save you counting)

I've finally finished back-blipping this week's blips, and now it's off to bed!

The rest of this week's blips are -

Day 20 - Dirty

Day 21 - Cracked

Day 22 - Bubbling

Day 23 - Tender