cooey
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cooeys
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I endeavoured to make him cooey to them, or call them, but they made off, setting fire to the grass.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
“Nobody else would have cried cooey, unless it was little Dan.”
From Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites by Stanley L. Wood
A "cooey" is, as its name implies, a call having the sound its orthography indicates; with a prolonged dwelling upon the first syllable, and a sharp determined utterance in its termination.
From Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter by Colin Munro
It was getting toward midnight when he returned, to cooey under the boy’s window.
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
If you go to the door, Wilfrid, and give a loud cooey it will bring him in if he is within hearing.
From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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
There, by their cooeys and their looks, they seemed to be very anxious about somebody in the bush beyond the Bogan.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
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
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