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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Coy

Coy as a Croker’s mare.
—Anonymous

As coy and stille as doth a mayde
Were newe spoused.
—Geoffrey Chaucer

Coy as ys a mayde.
—Geoffrey Chaucer