cooey
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cooeys
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“Oh, I say, let’s stop and go in amongst the trees, and shout or cooey till we make them hear, and they will come and join us.”
From Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites by Stanley L. Wood
About 11 o'clock a long, loud cooey from the hill of tombs announced that the natives had already overtaken us; but we were under arms immediately and prepared for defence.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
We continued to cooey frequently, and the two men were ordered to look on the ground for a horse's track.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
We gave a cooey to let those at the station know of our approach, and in another moment old Bob came hurrying out to meet us.
From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston
I shouted as loud as I could bawl, and then gave a cooey, which would reach further than any other sound.
From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston
The rest of the tribe were concealed about, as we heard their cooeys, but no others ventured to appear.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
Early this morning the cooeys of three natives were heard.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
It was noon before the girls heard the cooeys uttered by the searching-party, which proved that the children had not yet been discovered.
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston
Although Mr. Brown made the woods echo with his cooeys their inhabitants remained silent and concealed, a circumstance which seemed to distress him very much.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
After we had proceeded some miles the cooeys of the natives were heard around us, and we once more expected an attack.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
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