Parallel ledges of outcropping limestone, both within the thickets and along the Hagerstown road, rising as high as a man's waist, gave good coyer from shot and shell; the trees were of old growth, and there was little underwood.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson
She was quiet and gentle; but no shyer, no brighter, no coyer, no happier, than she had been for months before.
"Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete"
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Dr. Ferriar's satirical lines in his Second Maxim will find sympathizers among admirers of uncuts:- Who, with fantastic pruning-hook, Dresses the borders of his book, Merely to ornament its look- Amongst philosophers a fop is: What if, perchance, he thence discover Facilities in turning over, The virtuoso is a lover Of coyer charms in "uncut copies."
"Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs"
Henry H. Harper