1. "But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps - an eyesore among eyesores" (391).
2. My guess: I'm not exactly sure what it means but it's "decaying above the machines". It must mean something happy or playful that has been long gone since the cotton gins took over the "most select street that Miss Emily's house was once a part of.
3. Definition: "Characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner" (Dictionary.com).
4. I get it, in this sentence coquettish refers to the flirty and fun neighborhood that Miss Emily's house used to be a part of but now that hers is the only one left, the decay of that flirty and fun neighborhood is more distinct.
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