cooey
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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 Mitchell, Thomas
“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 Wood, Stanley L.
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 Kingston, William Henry Giles
“If you see Bolter, cooey to me, and take care that he does not make off westward, or we shan’t get back to-night—or to-morrow, perhaps.”
From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by Kingston, William Henry Giles
"And I cooeying till I could cooey no more!"
From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.
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